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  2. Soviet–Afghan War - Wikipedia

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    The first phase of the war began with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and first battles with various opposition groups. [134] Soviet troops entered Afghanistan along two ground routes and one air corridor, quickly taking control of the major urban centers, military bases and strategic installations. However, the presence of Soviet troops did ...

  3. Afghan conflict - Wikipedia

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    The total withdrawal of all Soviet troops from Afghanistan was completed in February 1989. [35] The last Soviet soldier to leave was Lieutenant General Boris Gromov, leader of the Soviet military operations in Afghanistan at the time of the Soviet invasion. [36] In total, 14,453 Soviet soldiers died during the Soviet–Afghan War.

  4. Operation Storm-333 - Wikipedia

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    Operation Storm-333 (Russian: Шторм-333, Štorm-333) was a military raid executed by the Soviet Union in Afghanistan on 27 December 1979. Special forces and airborne troops stormed the heavily fortified Tajbeg Palace in Kabul and assassinated Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin, a Khalqist of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) who had taken power in the Saur Revolution of April ...

  5. Military history of Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    The Military history of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان مسلح ځواک) began before 1709 when the Hotaki dynasty was established in Kandahar followed by the Durrani Empire. [1] The Afghan military was re-organized with assistance from the British in 1880, when the country was ruled by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan .

  6. History of Afghanistan (1978–1992) - Wikipedia

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    Hilali, A. Z. "China's response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan." Central Asian Survey 20.3 (2001): 323-351. Hyman, Anthony. Afghanistan under Soviet domination, 1964–91 (Springer, 2016). Jalali, Ali Ahmad, and Lester W. Grau, eds. The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War (1996), Mujahideen perspective

  7. Panjshir offensives (Soviet–Afghan War) - Wikipedia

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    The First Panjshir Offensive took place in April 1980, four months after the arrival of Soviet forces in Afghanistan. It involved three Soviet battalions, of which one was the fourth battalion of the 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade led by Captain Leonid Khabarov, and 1,000 men of the Afghan Army, more specifically the 37th Commando Brigade, and ...

  8. The 9th Company - Wikipedia

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    The 9th Company (Russian: 9 рота, romanized: 9 rota) is a 2005 Russian war film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk and set during the Soviet–Afghan War.The film is loosely based on a real-life battle that took place at Hill 3234 in early 1988, during Operation Magistral, the last large-scale Soviet military operation in Afghanistan.

  9. Afghanistan–Russia relations - Wikipedia

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    Bilateral relations AfghanistanRussia relations Afghanistan Russia Diplomatic mission Afghan Embassy, Moscow Russian Embassy, Kabul Envoy Charge d'Affaires Jamal Nasir Gharwal Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov Afghan embassy in Moscow, Russia. Russian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Relations between Afghanistan and Russia first emerged in the 19th century. At the time they were placed in the ...