Soviet-Afghan War

Mujahideen forces attacking on horseback.

Vietnam War

Concurrent:

Angola Civil War, Cold War

U.S. Invasion of Panama

Soviet-Afghan War

Conflict:

Cold War

Date:

December 24th, 1979 - February 15th, 1989

Place:

Afghanistan

Outcome:

Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan

Combatants
Mujahideen Supported by: Pakistan United States United Kingdom People's Republic of China	Afghanistan Soviet Union

Commanders
Mullah Rahmaan Gen Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq† Pres Ronald Reagan Jason Hudson Cpt Alex Mason Sgt Frank Woods Tian Zhao	Leonid Brezhnev Mikhail Gorbachev Lev Kravchenko† Sgt. Nikolai Babrak Karmal Mohammad Najibullah

Strength
Mujahideen ISI CIA PLA SOF	Soviet Armed Forces Soviet Army Spetsnaz Soviet Air Force Afghan Armed Forces Afghan Army

Casualties
75,000-90,000	14,453 (Soviet) 18,000 (Afghan)

The Soviet–Afghan War was a Cold War conflict that occured from 1979 to 1989. It is featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops II in the campaign mission Old Wounds.

Trivia[]

This was also a war that Nikolai from the Modern Warfare series fought in. This can be derived from him saying "It looks like when I was in Afghanistan with the Soviets!" in "The Enemy of My Enemy".

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