| Soviet-Afghan War |
| Belligerents
| Alliance |
Soviet Union • Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
| Mujahideen |
Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen • Jamiat-e Islami • Shura-e Nazar • Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin • Maktab al-Khidamat • Hezb-e Islami Khalis • Hezb-e Wahdat • Ittehad i-Islami |
| Leaders
| Alliance |
Leonid Brezhnev • Yuri Andropov • Konstantin Chernenko • Mikhail Gorbachev • Babrak Karmal • Mohammad Najibullah • Abdul Rashid Dostum |
| Mujahideen |
Ahmad Shah Massoud • Abdul Ali Mazari • Abdullah Yusuf Azzam • Gulbuddin Hekmatyar • Abdul Haq • Abdul Rahim Wardak • Burhanuddin Rabbani |
| Events by year |
1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 |
| Military operations |
Operation Storm-333 • 3 Hoot uprising • Siege of Khost • Panjshir offensives • Siege of Urgun • Battle of Maravar Pass • Badaber uprising • Battles of Zhawar • Battle of Jaji • Battle of Arghandab (1987) • Operation Magistral • Battle for Hill 3234 • Operation Arrow • Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan |
| Related topics |
Soviet aircraft losses • War in popular culture • Military equipment used by Mujahideen • Afghanistan War Memorial, Kiev |
| Films about war |
The 9th Company • Afghan Breakdown • Afghantsi • All Costs Paid • The Beast • Cargo 200 • Charlie Wilson's War • The Kite Runner • The Living Daylights • The Magic Mountain • Peshavar Waltz • Rambo III |