Regional1985

Battle of Khost

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Afghanistan

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Khost (1985), part of the Afghan Civil War. USSR defeated Mujahideen.

Belligerents2

Soviet Union
Mujahideen

ON THE MAPSoviet Union (Cold War)

Conflict graph

PART OFSoviet-Afghan War

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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