Soviet war in Afghanistan

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:war
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
gptkbp:casualties	~15,000 Soviet soldiers killed millions of Afghan refugees ~90,000 Mujahideen killed ~1–2 million Afghan civilians killed
gptkbp:cause	Soviet intervention to support communist government
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan gptkb:Mujahideen China (support) Pakistan (support) Saudi Arabia (support) United States (support)
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Konstantin_Chernenko gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev gptkb:Yuri_Andropov gptkb:Abdul_Haq gptkb:Babrak_Karmal gptkb:Ahmad_Shah_Massoud gptkb:Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar gptkb:Jalaluddin_Haqqani Mohammad Najibullah
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:consequence	rise of Taliban destabilization of Afghanistan contributed to Soviet Union collapse
gptkbp:endDate	1989-02-15
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War_(1989–1992)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Soviet war in Afghanistan
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:mediaType	film 'Charlie Wilson's War' film 'The Beast' book 'Ghost Wars' by Steve Coll book 'The Great Gamble' by Gregory Feifer
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Geneva_Accords_(1988) gptkb:Battle_of_Jalalabad gptkb:Operation_Storm-333
gptkbp:opposedBy	Islamic insurgency
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Saur_Revolution
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Operation_Cyclone CIA involvement in Afghanistan
gptkbp:result	Mujahideen victory Soviet withdrawal collapse of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
gptkbp:startDate	1979-12-24
gptkbp:UNResolution	gptkb:General_Assembly_Resolution_ES-6/2
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_Great_Gamble
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7