Soviet intervention (1979)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Soviet_intervention_(1979)
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:casualties Hundreds of thousands of Afghan civilians
Thousands of Soviet soldiers
gptkbp:cause Support communist government in Afghanistan
Suppress insurgency
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev
gptkbp:endDate February 15, 1989
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War_(1989–1992)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet intervention (1979)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:China
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Saudi_Arabia
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Mujahideen
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Saur_Revolution
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Geneva_Accords_(1988)
gptkb:Operation_Storm-333
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
Escalation of Cold War tensions
Rise of Mujahideen
Withdrawal of Soviet forces
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Assassination_of_Hafizullah_Amin
Installation of Babrak Karmal
gptkbp:startDate December 24, 1979
gptkbp:target gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:UNResolution gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_ES-6/2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Communist_government_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7