14,553 KIA, 53,753 Wounded, 469,685 sick.

Government forces: Unknown.

Estimated over 1 million Afghans (mujhadeene, government troops and civilians) dead. Soviet war in Afghanistan

Storm-333 – Khost – Panjsher – Urgun – Maravar Pass – Badaber – Zhawar – Jaji – Arghandab – Magistral – Hill 3234 – Arrow – Soviet withdrawal

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The Soviet war in Afghanistan (also known as the Soviet–Afghan War or the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan) was a ten-year conflict involving Soviet Union forces supporting the Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government by their own request, against the majorly Pakistan-backed Islamist mujahideen resistance. The PDPA government was also supported by India, while the mujahideen found support from a variety of sources including the United States, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim nations in the context of the Cold War. This conflict was concurrent to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Iran–Iraq War.

The initial Soviet deployment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began on December 24, 1979. The final troop withdrawal began on May 15, 1988, and ended on February 15, 1989. Due to the interminable nature of the war, the conflict in Afghanistan has often been referred to as the Soviet's Vietnam in context to the Vietnam War.