Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Soviet_invasion_of_Afghanistan

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
gptkbp:casualties	~1 million Afghan civilians killed ~15,000 Soviet soldiers killed ~90,000 Mujahideen killed
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan gptkb:Mujahideen China (support) Pakistan (support) Saudi Arabia (support) United States (support)
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev gptkb:Babrak_Karmal gptkb:Ahmad_Shah_Massoud gptkb:Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar Hafizullah Amin
gptkbp:displacedPeople	~6 million Afghans
gptkbp:endDate	1989-02-15
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War_(1989–1992)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:U.S._Operation_Cyclone Islamic fundamentalism Proxy warfare
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:mediaType	Book: Ghost Wars by Steve Coll Book: The Kite Runner (background) Film: Charlie Wilson's War Film: The Beast
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Boycott_of_1980_Moscow_Olympics International condemnation Soviet military intervention Mass displacement of Afghans Osama bin Laden involvement Rise of Taliban
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Saur_Revolution
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:U.S._invasion_of_Afghanistan_(2001) gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War Al-Qaeda formation Taliban rise to power
gptkbp:result	Mujahideen victory Soviet withdrawal
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:Geneva_Accords_(1988) gptkb:Battle_of_Jalalabad gptkb:Operation_Storm-333
gptkbp:startDate	1979-12-24
gptkbp:UNResolution	gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_ES-6/2
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4