Afghan War (Soviet–Afghan War)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Afghan_War_(Soviet–Afghan_War)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:war
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:casualties	~15,000 Soviet soldiers killed ~90,000 Mujahideen killed ~1 million civilians killed ~18,000 Afghan government troops killed
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:China gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Saudi_Arabia gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:United_States gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan gptkb:Mujahideen
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:consequence	gptkb:Collapse_of_the_Soviet_Union gptkb:Emergence_of_Al-Qaeda gptkb:Rise_of_Islamic_fundamentalism_in_Afghanistan
gptkbp:displacedPeople	~5 million Afghans
gptkbp:endDate	1989-02-15
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Afghan War (Soviet–Afghan War)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:mainEvent	gptkb:Siege_of_Khost gptkb:Battle_of_Jalalabad gptkb:Operation_Storm-333 gptkb:Panjsher_offensives
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev gptkb:Babrak_Karmal gptkb:Ahmad_Shah_Massoud gptkb:Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar Hafizullah Amin
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Saur_Revolution
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War_(1989–1992) gptkb:Geneva_Accords_(1988) gptkb:Operation_Cyclone Taliban rise
gptkbp:result	Mujahideen victory Soviet withdrawal
gptkbp:startDate	1979-12-24
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War_(1989–1992)
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:China gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Saudi_Arabia gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:UNResolution	gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_ES-6/2
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Abu_Musab_al-Zarqawi
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6