Regional1996

Battle of Kabul

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Afghanistan

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Kabul (1996), part of the Afghan Civil War. Taliban defeated Ahmed Shah Masud, Gulbudin Hekmatyar. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents3

Taliban
Ahmed Shah Masud
Gulbudin Hekmatyar

Conflict graph

PART OFAfghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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