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The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. The war was a major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between Soviet Union, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen and their allied foreign fighters.
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.
On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes targeting Al-Qaeda and the Taliban had begun in Afghanistan. [11] Beyond the military actions in Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom was also affiliated with counterterrorism operations in other countries, such as OEF-Philippines ...
Soviet-Japanese War: 7 August 1945 2 September 1945 9,780 9,780 "When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler" [4] Soviet-Afghan War: 1979 1988 14,500 562,000 14,500 Casualties of the War in Afghanistan [5] First Chechen War: 1994 1996 14,000 14,000 Casualty Figures Jamestown Foundation - first Chechen War [6] Second Chechen War: 1999 ...
Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Damaged buildings in Avdiivka during fighting in January 2024. Date. 10 October 2023 [ a] – 17 February 2024. (4 months and 1 week) Location. Avdiivka (and surrounding villages), Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. 48°08′N 37°46′E / . 48.13°N 37.77°E.
Croatia: 1. Lithuania: 1. Montenegro: 1. TOTAL: 3,612. Throughout the War in Afghanistan, there had been 3,606 coalition deaths in Afghanistan as part of the coalition operations ( Operation Enduring Freedom and ISAF) since the invasion in 2001. [ 1] In this total, the American figure is for deaths "In and Around Afghanistan " which, as defined ...
A number of Russian general officers [ a] have been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of 28 November 2023, Ukrainian sources claimed that 16 Russian generals and 1 admiral had been killed during the invasion, while Russian sources have confirmed 7 deaths. Although seven of the Ukrainian claims were rebutted, the loss of even two ...
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) attributed 207 Afghan civilian deaths as having been caused by U.S.-led military forces in the first six months of 2011, down 9% from the same period in 2010 and representing 14.2% of the 1,462 Afghan civilian deaths they recorded in ...