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Siege of Khost

Siege of Khost was a siege conducted in January 1980 at Khost, in what is now Afghanistan. It was part of the Soviet-Afghan War, which ran from 1979 to 1989. The recorded result: Afghan Mujahideen victory.

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A view of Khost, Afghanistan in April 27th, 2010, in Khost province, Afghanistan.
A view of Khost, Afghanistan in April 27th, 2010, in Khost province, Afghanistan.. Laura Goodgame, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

DateJanuary 1980 (month precision)
PlaceKhost, Afghanistan
33.333N, 69.917E
Part ofSoviet-Afghan War (1979 to 1989)
KindSiege, Cold War
ResultAfghan Mujahideen victory
BelligerentsAfghanistan; Supported by: Soviet Union (1980–1988)Afghan Mujahideen: Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin; Haqqani network; Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami; Local Ahmadzai tribes; Wahhabion; Al-Qaeda; Afghan Interim Government (from 1988); Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (until July 1989); Harakat-i Inqilab-i Islami; Pakistan
CommandersMohammed Rafie; Abdul Qadir; Shahnawaz Tanai; Mohammad Aslam Watanjar; Abdul Rashid Dostum; Nazar Mohammed; Mohammed Asif Delawar; Sergei Sokolov; Valentin Varennikov; Boris GromovJalaluddin Haqqani; Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi; Gulbuddin Hekmatyar; Ibrahim Umari Haqqani
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Siege of Khost is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 40 in present-day Afghanistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3080960, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Khost, revision 1376546530, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.