1975 uprisings in Afghanistan |
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Date | 1975 |
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Result |
Afghan government victory
- Jamiat-e Islami commanders flee to Pakistan
- All Uprisings Suppressed
- Daoud agrees to end support and expel anti-Pakistan militants in Afghanistan
- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar drops support for the Jamiat-e Islami
- Most of Jamiat-e Islami arrested
- Hundreds of students and religious leaders were arrested and executed
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Belligerents |
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Afghanistan Supported by: Soviet Union |
Jamiat-e Islami Pakistan
Supported by:
Saudi Arabia
United States
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Commanders and leaders |
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Mohammad Daoud Khan (President of Afghanistan) Abdul Karim (Defence Minister of Afghanistan) Lt. Col. Mohammed (Minister of Interior) Col. GEN. Watanjar (Afghan Military officer) |
Burhanuddin Rabbani (leader of Jamiat-e Islami)
Ahmad Shah Massoud (Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Mowlawi Habib Rahman (POW) (Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Abdul Haq (Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Nasratyar (POW) (Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Prime Minister of Pakistan)
Lt. GEN. Jilani Khan (Head of ISI)
Maj. Gen. Babar (Governor of KPK) |
Units involved |
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Strength |
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Unknown |
5,000+ |
Casualties and losses |
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Unknown |
60 commanders killed 600 Islamist activists arrested and later executed |