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Afghan War: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 1978 - 1992
Location Afghanistan
Participants mujahideen • Soviet Union

Photos

A Soviet tank with soldiers rides down a rural road past buildings and a group of civilians during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979.
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Afghan War
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Afghan War
Afghanistan War: Anti-Taliban fighters
Soviet BMP-1 mechanized infantry combat vehicles moving through Afghanistan, 1988.
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Key People

Mikhail Gorbachev, 1987
Mikhail Gorbachev
president of Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
president of Soviet Union
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Islamic militant
Mohammad Omar
Mohammad Omar
emir of Afghanistan
Shevardnadze, Eduard
Eduard Shevardnadze
president of Georgia

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