Why was afghanistan known as the soviet union's vietnam?

The Soviet Union provided support to the Communist Vietnamese via weapons and supplies. ... Finally Soviet Union decided to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan and ended the war. It is called their Vietnam War because it is in many ways similar to what America faced in the 1960's and early 1970's in Vietnam.

It is called their vietnam war cause it is in many ways similar to what america faced in the 1960's and the early 1970's in vietnam

The constant presence of diseases or infectious agents within a given geographic area or population group. it may also refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease with such area or group. it includes holoendemic and hyperendemic diseases. a holoendemic disease is one for which a high prevalent level of infection begins early in life and affects most of the child population, leading to a state of equilibrium such that the adult population shows evidence of the disease much less commonly than do children (malaria in many communities is a holoendemic disease). a hyperendemic disease is one that is constantly present at a high incidence and/or prevalence rate and affects all groups equally. so probably family history.