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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:war
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
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gptkbp:casualties
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~1 million Afghans
~15,000 Soviet soldiers
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gptkbp:cause
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gptkb:Soviet_intervention_in_Afghanistan
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan
gptkb:Mujahideen
China (support)
Pakistan (support)
Saudi Arabia (support)
United States (support)
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:Cold_War
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gptkbp:endDate
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1989
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Afghan War (1979–1989)
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Afghanistan
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev
gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkb:Babrak_Karmal
gptkb:Najibullah
gptkb:Ahmad_Shah_Massoud
gptkb:Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar
Hafizullah Amin
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan
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gptkbp:refugees
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over 5 million Afghans
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War_(1989–1992)
gptkb:Osama_bin_Laden
gptkb:Operation_Cyclone
Al-Qaeda formation
Taliban rise
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gptkbp:result
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Soviet withdrawal
civil war in Afghanistan
collapse of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
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gptkbp:significance
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USSR's 'Vietnam'
impact on Soviet Union collapse
precursor to Taliban
rise of Islamic fundamentalism
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gptkbp:significantEvent
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gptkb:Geneva_Accords_(1988)
gptkb:Battle_of_Jalalabad
gptkb:Operation_Storm-333
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gptkbp:startDate
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1979
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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gptkb:China
gptkb:Saudi_Arabia
gptkb:ISI_(Pakistan)
gptkb:CIA
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gptkbp:warType
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gptkb:war
guerrilla warfare
asymmetric warfare
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Soviet_Union
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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