Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
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The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan was the 1988–1989 military pullout of Soviet forces that ended their decade-long intervention and marked a major turning point in the late Cold War.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Cold War event
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historical event → military withdrawal → |
| agreementWith |
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
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Islamic Republic of Pakistan → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Soviet pullout from Afghanistan
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Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan → |
| cause |
domestic opposition within the Soviet Union
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high Soviet casualties and costs → international pressure on the Soviet Union → military stalemate in the Soviet–Afghan War → |
| characterizedAs |
major turning point in the late Cold War
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| commandedBy |
Boris Gromov
→
Valentin Varennikov NERFINISHED → |
| conflict |
Soviet–Afghan War
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| country |
Soviet Union
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| duration |
about 9 months
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| endDate |
1989-02-15
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| followedBy |
Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
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| impact |
contributed to the decline of Soviet influence in the Third World
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encouraged anti-Soviet movements in Eastern Europe → left Najibullah government dependent on Soviet aid → set stage for collapse of Najibullah government in 1992 → weakened legitimacy of Soviet interventionism abroad → |
| keyDocument |
Geneva Accords on Afghanistan
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| lastCrossingPoint |
Friendship Bridge over the Amu Darya
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| lastDayCommanderToCross |
Boris Gromov
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| lastUnitToLeave |
40th Army of the Soviet Armed Forces
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| legalBasis |
Geneva Accords (1988)
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| location |
Afghanistan
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| mediatedBy |
United Nations
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| militaryObjective |
orderly and complete pullout of Soviet forces
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| numberOfTroopsWithdrawn |
over 100000
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| opposedBy |
hardliners in the Soviet military
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| orderedBy |
Mikhail Gorbachev
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| partOf |
late Cold War
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| politicalContext |
glasnost
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perestroika → |
| precededBy |
Soviet–Afghan War
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| relatedTo |
Operation Cyclone
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Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence involvement in Afghanistan → U.S. support for Afghan mujahideen → |
| result |
defeat of the Soviet-backed Afghan government’s war effort
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end of Soviet military presence in Afghanistan → major blow to Soviet global prestige → shift in regional balance of power in favor of the Afghan mujahideen → |
| startDate |
1988-05-15
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| supportedBy |
Mikhail Gorbachev’s reformist leadership
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
("Soviet pullout from Afghanistan")
→
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ("Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Soviet–Afghan War
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result |