Contemporary era · 1979 – 1989
Soviet–Afghan War
The Soviet–Afghan War took place in Afghanistan from December 1979 to February 1989. Marking the beginning of the 47-year-long Afghan conflict, it saw the Soviet Union and the Communist-led Afghan military fight against the rebelling Afghan mujahideen.
- When
- 25 Dec 1979 – 15 Feb 1989
- Where
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
People
Osama bin Laden1957 – 2011Founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)
Leonid Brezhnev1906 – 1982General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)
Ayman al-Zawahiri1951 – 2022Al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon
Dzhokhar Dudayev1944 – 1996Soviet general, Chechen leader (1944-1996)- Ahmad Shah Massoud1953 – 2001Tajik military leader (1953–2001)
- Mohammed Omar1960 – 2013Afghan cleric who founded the Taliban (1960–2013)
Mohammad Najibullah1947 – 19964th General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Abdul Ghani Baradarb. 1963Co-founder and political leader of the Afghan Taliban
Before and after
Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties1978Iran hostage crisis1979 – 1981Show on timeline
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