Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

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The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan were the Soviet-backed military forces of Afghanistan’s communist government during the late 1970s and 1980s, active throughout the Soviet–Afghan War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
activePeriodEnd 1992
activePeriodStart 1978
allegiance Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
alsoKnownAs Afghan Armed Forces (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan)
Armed Forces of the DRA
branch Afghan Air Defense Forces
linked to: Afghan Air Force

Afghan Air Force
Afghan Army
Afghan Border Guards
Afghan Internal Troops
commanderInChief General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
President of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
conflict Soviet–Afghan War
country Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
disestablishedFollowing collapse of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in 1992
doctrineInfluencedBy Soviet military doctrine
engagedIn operations alongside Soviet Armed Forces
followedBy Armed Forces of the Islamic State of Afghanistan
garrisonLocation Kabul
historicalEra Cold War
ideology communism
involvedIn civil war in Afghanistan (late 1980s–early 1990s)
counterinsurgency operations
notableCommander Babrak Karmal
Hafizullah Amin
Mohammad Najibullah
opposedBy United States-backed mujahideen factions
partOf state apparatus of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
politicalControlBy People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
precededBy Armed Forces of the Republic of Afghanistan
primaryOpponents Afghan mujahideen
various Islamist guerrilla groups
recruitment conscription
region Afghanistan
role defense of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
internal security
status defunct
subordinateTo Ministry of Defense of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Ministry of Interior of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
supportedBy Soviet Union
trainingAssistedBy Soviet military advisors
usedEquipmentFrom Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Other Warsaw Pact states
linked to: Warsaw Pact

Poland
Soviet Union

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Armed Forces of the Islamic State of Afghanistan replaced Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Thawra-ye Saur participant Afghan Army
linked to: Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan alsoKnownAs Afghan Armed Forces (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan)
linked to: Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan branch Afghan Internal Troops
linked to: Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Royal Afghan Armed Forces replacedBy Armed Forces of the Republic of Afghanistan
linked to: Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Royal Afghan Armed Forces successor Republican Afghan Armed Forces
linked to: Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan