28 February 1921
Treaty of Friendship
Afghanistan signs a friendship treaty with Soviet Russia, securing diplomatic recognition, aid, and transit arrangements.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Moscow in Afghanistan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Afghanistan signs a friendship treaty with Soviet Russia, securing diplomatic recognition, aid, and transit arrangements.
Taraki presents the Soviet treaty as protection for the new revolutionary government.
The treaty permits consultations and assistance when either government considers its security threatened.
Taraki signs a twenty-year Treaty of Friendship, Good-Neighbourliness and Cooperation with the Soviet Union.
The treaty expands political, economic, and military cooperation between Kabul and Moscow.
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