Afghan–Soviet War

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf war
gptkbp:aftermath humanitarian crisis
rise of warlords
formation_of_Islamic_State_of_Afghanistan
increased_instability_in_Afghanistan
refugee_crisis_in_Pakistan
gptkbp:casualties over 15,000 Soviet soldiers
over_1_million_Afghan_civilians
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Charlie_Wilson's_War
gptkb:The_Great_Game:_The_Struggle_for_Empire_in_Central_Asia
The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda
The_Bear_Went_Over_the_Mountain
The_Soviet-Afghan_War:_How_a_Superpower_Fought_and_Lost
gptkbp:finish February 15, 1989
gptkbp:foundedIn December 24, 1979
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Afghan–Soviet War
gptkbp:influenced regional geopolitics
Cold_War_dynamics
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Soviet_Union
Mujahideen
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Saudi_Arabia
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:legacy lessons learned in counterinsurgency
contribution_to_the_collapse_of_the_Soviet_Union
impact_on_NATO_strategy
influence_on_Islamic_extremism
influence_on_U.S._foreign_policy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar
gptkb:Zia-ul-Haq
gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkb:Yusuf_Khan
gptkb:Ahmad_Shah_Durrani
gptkb:Osama_bin_Laden
gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev
gptkb:Massoud
Babrak Karmal
gptkbp:resultedIn rise of Taliban
civil_war_in_Afghanistan
withdrawal_of_Soviet_troops
gptkbp:significantEvent Battle of Panjshir
Operation Storm-333
Siege of Khost
Battle of Jalalabad