Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

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Cold War event historical event military withdrawal

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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Label Occurrences
Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan 1
Soviet pullout from Afghanistan 1
Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military withdrawal ⓘ
agreementWith Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
alsoKnownAs Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Soviet pullout from Afghanistan

Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
cause domestic opposition within the Soviet Union ⓘ
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 ⓘ
commandedBy Boris Gromov ⓘ
Valentin Varennikov ⓘ
conflict Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
duration about 9 months ⓘ
endDate 1989-02-15 ⓘ
followedBy Afghan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
impact contributed to the decline of Soviet influence in the Third World ⓘ
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 of 1988 ⓘ
surface form: Geneva Accords on Afghanistan
lastCrossingPoint Friendship Bridge over the Amu Darya ⓘ
lastDayCommanderToCross Boris Gromov ⓘ
lastUnitToLeave Soviet 40th Army ⓘ
surface form: 40th Army of the Soviet Armed Forces
legalBasis Geneva Accords of 1988 ⓘ
surface form: Geneva Accords (1988)
location Afghanistan ⓘ
mediatedBy United Nations ⓘ
militaryObjective orderly and complete pullout of Soviet forces ⓘ
numberOfTroopsWithdrawn over 100000 ⓘ
opposedBy hardliners in the Soviet military ⓘ
orderedBy Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
surface form: late Cold War
politicalContext glasnost ⓘ
perestroika ⓘ
precededBy Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
relatedTo Operation Cyclone ⓘ
Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence involvement in Afghanistan ⓘ
U.S. support for Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
result defeat of the Soviet-backed Afghan government’s war effort ⓘ
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 ⓘ
supportedBy Mikhail Gorbachev’s reformist leadership ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet–Afghan War → result → Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan → alsoKnownAs → Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet pullout from Afghanistan
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan → alsoKnownAs → Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Eduard Shevardnadze → participantIn → Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan negotiations
Declaration on international guarantees → context → Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
subject surface form: Declaration on International Guarantees
this entity surface form: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan 1988–1989
Diego Cordovez → notableEvent → Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan