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Soviet-Afghan War (view source)
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{{Military conflict
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| conflict =Soviet-Afghan War
| partof =[[Cold War]]
| date =December 25, 1979-February 15, 1989
| location =[[Afghanistan]]
| combatant1 =[[Afghanistan]]<br>[[Soviet Union]]
| combatant2 =[[Mujahideen]]<br>[[USA]]<br>[[Pakistan]]<br>[[Saudi-Arabia]]
| commander1 =[[Mohammad Najibullah]]<br>[[Leonid Brezhnev]]<br>[[Yuri Andropov]]
| commander2 =[[Ahmad Shah Massoud]]<br>[[Ronald Reagan]]
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}}
The '''Soviet-Afghan War (1978-92)''' was a civil war in [[Afghanistan]] that matched the [[Soviet Union]] and its Afghan allies against a coalition of anti-Communist groups called the [[Mujahideen]], supported from the outside by the United States, [[Pakistan]], and [[Saudi Arabia]]. The war ended the [[Détente]] period of the [[Cold War]], and resulted in a humiliating defeat for the Soviets, who pulled out in 1989, and for their clients who were overthrown in 1992.
The '''Soviet-Afghan War (1978-92)''' was a civil war in [[Afghanistan]] that matched the [[Soviet Union]] and its Afghan allies against a coalition of anti-Communist groups called the [[Mujahideen]], supported from the outside by the United States, [[Pakistan]], and [[Saudi Arabia]]. The war ended the [[Détente]] period of the [[Cold War]], and resulted in a humiliating defeat for the Soviets, who pulled out in 1989, and for their clients who were overthrown in 1992.
[[File:Afghan-war.jpg|thumb|460px]]
[[File:Afghan-war.jpg|thumb|460px]]