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June 20: An Afghan Army Mi-17 helicopter is lost in Kharwar base, Logar province. [9] June 16: An Afghan Army UH-60A damaged by a hit on the ground with an SPG-9 while refueling in Ghazni at a local base. [10] June 8: An Afghan Army Mi-17 helicopter was lost in Jaghatu district killing three and injuring one Afghan service member. The Taliban ...
1 August 1987 – An Mi-6 aircraft crashed, killing one. [8] 13 August 1987 –An An-12 aircraft suffered combat damage. [8] 30 August 1987 – An Mi-8Mt operating at night shot down by MANPADS. [8] 29 September 1987 – An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down, killing two. [8] 8 October 1987 – An Su-17MZR suffered combat damage. [8]
Pursuant to the Geneva Accords of 14 April 1988, the Soviet Union conducted a total military withdrawal from Afghanistan between 15 May 1988 and 15 February 1989. [2] Headed by the Soviet military officer Boris Gromov, the retreat of the 40th Army into the Union Republics of Central Asia formally brought the Soviet–Afghan War to a close after nearly a decade of fighting.
The main reason the revolt spread so widely was the disintegration of the Afghan army in a series of insurrections. [93] The numbers of the Afghan army fell from 110,000 men in 1978 to 25,000 by 1980. [94] The U.S. embassy in Kabul cabled to Washington the army was melting away "like an ice floe in a tropical sea". [95]
Deserters or defectors became a severe problem. The Afghan Army's casualties were as high as 50–60,000 soldiers and another 50,000 soldiers deserted the Army. The Afghan Army's defection rate was about 10,000 soldiers per year between 1980 and 1989; the average deserters left the Afghan Army after the first five months. [56]
U.S. troops in Afghanistan had better equipment, training and funding than the Taliban. AP Photo/Rahmat GulThe speed and efficiency with which Taliban forces were able to complete the occupation ...
A U.S. military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, a Taliban spokesman and Afghan journalist affiliated with the militant group said.
The Afghan army has faced criticism for collapsing in the face of a Taliban offensive. Here's what an Afghan commander had to say about the loss.