Netherlands / Egypt / France / Pakistan / Afghanistan / United Kingdom / China / India / Denmark / Saudi Arabia / Iran / Belgium / Russia / Soviet Union / /
Event
Person Travel / Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Bagram airfield / Thal fortress / /
IndustryTerm
gas production / road network / river network / bank / highway network / dirt road network / paved road network / economic infrastructure / electric energy / minimum necessary food / Steel production / cement production / /
Movie
Alexander the Great / /
NaturalFeature
Harirud river / Amu river / Paropamisus mountains / Suleiman mountain ranges / Helmand river / Caspian Sea / Kunar river / Panjshir valley / Indian Ocean / Gazni-Kandahar plateau / Paropamisus plateau / Panj river / Karakum desert / Amu Darya4 river / Kabul river / Kush mountain chains / Iranian plateau / Himalayan / Darya4 river / Farahrud river / Amu Darya / Suleiman mountain range / /
Organization
British Brigade / Red Army / Army Revolutionary Organization / army / Ministry of Defense / Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan / Union of Islamic Warriors / Afghan government / British government / Soviet government / Afghan Army / British Army / Union of Muslim Youth / /
Person
Shah Shuja / Ahmad Shah / Dost Mohammad / Amanullah Khan / Ahmad Shah Durrani / Mohammad Daoud / Abdur Rahman / Mohammad Nadir Shah / Yaqub Khan / A. Lomakin / Sher Ali / Nur Mohammad Taraki / /
Position
Minister of Defense / Marshal / senior Soviet military adviser / vice president / one of the members of the central committee was Babrak Karmal / General / Minister of Defense / prime minister and head of state / king / Soviet Minister / Minister / personal bodyguard for Taraki / Lieutenant Colonel / officer / leader / Emir / /
ProvinceOrState
Baluchistan / Kashmir / Punjab / /
Region
southeast Afghanistan / northern Afghanistan / Indian Ocean / Middle East / Central Asia / /
General Staff Introduction1 The Limited Contingent of Armed Forces of the Soviet Union entered the territory of Afghanistan in the last days of December 1979 “with the mission of rendering international aid to the fri