FRANCAISAmitié Franco-Afghane - History
1980-1989
-May 1980, France: after the Red Army entered Kabul in December 1979, AFRANE is created by French former volunteers or travellers in Afghanistan, in order to assist the victims of the Soviet invasion. At the beginning, the organization works in particular through a national service volunteer in Kabul, Philippe Truze, who buys medicine, and who soon goes underground for AMI, on the Mujaheddin side.
-1983, France: in Paris, AFRANE launches the CEREDAF (Centre of studies and documentary research on Afghanistan).
-1986, Afghanistan: Thierry Niquet, a representative for AFRANE and the Guilde du Raid, is killed, probably by a commander from the Hezb-e-islami, Zabet Toufan, while he was going to Mazar-i-Sharif.
