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N. B. YENIKOLOPOVA, Major (Res.), Research Fellow, Center for Research <\/strong>on the History of Military Art, NDRU, MOD, RA; <\/strong><\/p>\n

R. H. GASPARYAN, Research Fellow, Center for Research on the History of Military Art, NDRU, MOD, RA<\/strong><\/p>\n

SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elements of psychological warfare (PW) have recently been gradually implemented in the international arena, hence being a significant matter of interest for research. This article discusses the experience of PW waged in the framework of the military campaigns run by the USSR and the USA in Afghanistan. Both powers, by way of information and propaganda tools, sought to affect the moral and psychological state of the Afghans, and to make for somewhat a favorable perception of their presence among the local population. However, in both cases the outcomes were far from the anticipated.<\/p>\n

At the time of the introduction of a limited contingent of Soviet troops into the DRA, propaganda leaflets, radio broadcasts, films, and other propaganda means were actively employed, with a focus on projecting the image of the Soviet Union as the Afghan people\u2019s ally and a defender
\nof their interests. Nonetheless, said strategy failed since the cultural, religious, and social realities of the Afghan society were overlooked.<\/p>\n

After the coalition forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the US actively practiced psychological operations targeted at demoralizing Taliban and generating sympathies among the Afghan population. However, notwith\u00adstanding the massive efforts in the realm of the information influence, those operations failed to yield prolonged success due to the consequence that the Afghans\u2019 civilizational and cultural, as well as psychological features were not reckoned with due measure.<\/p>\n

Hence, the PW employment in the framework of the Soviet and US military operations in Afghanistan demonstrates that in order to succeed in information operations the availability of resources and technologies does not go around. A profound knowledge of the enemy\u2019s cultural, religious, and social characteristics is a must. 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