The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, later known as the Republic of Afghanistan, was the left-wing-led Afghan state from 1978 to 1992. It was bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, by Iran to
Najibullah giving a decoration to a Soviet serviceman
Soviet soldiers returning from Afghanistan. 20 October 1986, Kushka, Turkmenia.
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Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
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The Afghan Civil War of 1989–1992, also known as the First Afghan Civil War, took place between the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan on 15 February 1989 which ended the Soviet–Afghan War, and 27 Apr
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
…the ongoing Afghan conflict, and the majority of the country's years in existence were marked by the Soviet–Afghan War. It collapsed by the end of the First Afghan Civil War in April 1992, having lasted only four months after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The PDPA began ruling Afghanistan after ousting the unelected…
The final Soviet troops to withdraw from Afghanistan in 1989
Abdul Rashid Dostum
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar