Soviet–Afghan War

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:war
gptkbp:casualties ~1 million Afghan civilians killed
~15,000 Soviet soldiers killed
~2 million Afghan refugees
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:China
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Saudi_Arabia
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan
gptkb:Mujahideen
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev
gptkb:Babrak_Karmal
gptkb:Ahmad_Shah_Massoud
gptkb:Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar
Hafizullah Amin
Mohammad Najibullah
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:endDate 1989-02-15
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War_(1989–1992)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet–Afghan War
gptkbp:location gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:mediaType book 'Ghost Wars'
book 'The Great Gamble'
film 'Charlie Wilson's War'
film 'The Beast'
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Jalalabad
gptkb:Operation_Magistral
gptkb:Operation_Storm-333
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Boris_Gromov
gptkb:Osama_bin_Laden
gptkb:Abdul_Haq
gptkb:Abdul_Rasul_Sayyaf
gptkb:Mohammad_Zia-ul-Haq
gptkb:Zbigniew_Brzezinski
gptkb:Jalaluddin_Haqqani
gptkb:King_Fahd
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Saur_Revolution
gptkbp:result Mujahideen victory
Soviet withdrawal
gptkbp:significance rise of Taliban
contributing to Soviet Union collapse
destabilization of Afghanistan
gptkbp:startDate 1979-12-24
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:China
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Saudi_Arabia
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Stinger_missile
gptkb:Mi-24_Hind_helicopter
gptkb:AK-47
BM-21 Grad
T-55 tank
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4