First Soviet-Umayyad War (21st Century Crisis)

The 1971 War in Afghanistan (Arabic: 1971 حرب في أفغانستان, Russian: 1971 Война в Афганистане) known by the Umayyads as Operation Jihad for Afghanistan (Arabic: عملية الجهاد لأفغانستان) and to the Soviets as Operation Working Class (Russian: Рабочий рабочий класс) also known as the First Soviet-Umayyad War was fought between the Umayyad Republic and the Soviet Union, as well as their puppet state, the Democratic Afghan Republic between February 13, 1971 to March 1, 1973.

In the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, the Umayyads and Soviets were both extending their influences in the Middle East. The once cordial and warm relations between the two powers quickly deteriorated as the Umayyads wanted an Arab and Muslim-dominated Middle East, while the Soviets wanted a communist and secular Middle East. In 1965, Afghanistan was split between the State of Afghanistan, one of the states of the Umayyad Republic in the west, and the Democratic Afghan Republic, a Soviet puppet state in the east. The town of Mazar e-Sharif seperated the Soviet zone from the Umayyad zone.

The war started as a result of the Mazar e-Sharif Incident which took place on January 2, 1971, in which a Soviet base was bombed and destroyed, to this day, the perpetuators are unknown. The Umayyads and Soviets each accused each other of the bombing. As a result on January 30, 1971, the Umayyad government declared war on the Soviet Union. When Tajik spies in the State of Afghanistan reported back to Stavka, the Soviet government authorized for full mobilization of military forces.

It would, be the first conflict between two major powers.

The Umayyads employed various means of mountain warfare and even guerillia warfare against Soviet and DAR forces. The war lasted for two years, eventually with the Umayyads gaining the upper strength in terms of native Afghan support. Eventually, the Soviets and the DAR were on the retreat. The Umayyads pushed the Soviet and DAR forces all the way back into the Tajik SSR.

Afghanistan was then absorbed into the Umayyad Republic. The Democratic Afghan Republic went into exile in the Tajik SSR.

The Umayyad victory established their supremacy over the Soviet Union, and somewhat damaged the Soviet Union's image as a global power.