Editing Soviet–Afghan War (section)

== Naming ==
In [[Afghanistan]], the war is usually called the '''Soviet war in Afghanistan''' ({{langx|ps|په افغانستان کې شوروی جګړه|Pah Afghanistan ke Shuravi Jagera}}; {{langx|prs|جنگ شوروی در افغانستان|Jang-e [[Shuravi]] dar Afghanestan}}). In Russia and elsewhere in the former Soviet Union, it is usually called the '''Afghan war''' ({{langx|ru|Афганская война}}; {{langx|uk|Війна в Афганістані}}; {{langx|be|Афганская вайна}}; {{langx|uz|Afgʻon urushi}}); it is sometimes simply referred to as "'''Afgan'''" ({{langx|ru|Афган|links=no}}), with the understanding that this refers to the war (just as the [[Vietnam War]] is often called "Vietnam" or just {{"'}}Nam" in the [[United States]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hromadske.ua/ru/posts/afgan-vojna-o-kotoroj-ne-prinyato-govorit-vne-vostoka-i-zapada|title="Афган": война, о которой не принято говорить &#124; Вне востока и запада|website=hromadske.ua|date=11 February 2020 }}</ref> It is also known as the '''Afghan jihad''', especially by the non-Afghan volunteers of the Mujahideen.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hoodbhoy |first=Pervez |date=2005 |title=Afghanistan and the Genesis of Global Jihad |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24469676 |journal=Peace Research |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=15–30 |issn=0008-4697}}</ref>