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The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving Soviet forces supporting Afghanistan's Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government against the Mujahideen insurgents that were fighting to overthrow Communist rule. The Soviet Union supported the government while the rebels found support from a variety of sources including the United States, Pakistan and other Muslim nations in the context of the Cold War.

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rdfs:label	Soviet war in Afghanistan
rdfs:comment	The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving Soviet forces supporting Afghanistan's Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government against the Mujahideen insurgents that were fighting to overthrow Communist rule. The Soviet Union supported the government while the rebels found support from a variety of sources including the United States, Pakistan and other Muslim nations in the context of the Cold War.
dcterms:subject	Wars Involving Afghanistan Wars Involving the Soviet Union Cold War Wars (OTL) Black Tulip Revolutions
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End	February, 1989
Name	Soviet war in Afghanistan
Begin	December, 1979
Battles	Bulola
Result	Soviet withdrawal
combatant	Mujahideen fighters, with support from the 20pxUnited States, 20pxPeople's Republic of China, and 20pxPakistan, among others 20pxSoviet Union 20pxDemocratic Republic of Afghanistan
Place	Afghanistan
abstract	The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving Soviet forces supporting Afghanistan's Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government against the Mujahideen insurgents that were fighting to overthrow Communist rule. The Soviet Union supported the government while the rebels found support from a variety of sources including the United States, Pakistan and other Muslim nations in the context of the Cold War. The initial Soviet deployment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began on 25 December 1979. The final troop withdrawal began on 15 May 1988, and ended on 15 February 1989. Due to the high cost and ultimate futility of this conflict for this Cold War superpower, the Soviet war in Afghanistan has often been referred to as the equivalent of the United States' Vietnam War.
is Partof of	Bulola

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