Regional1987

Battle of Magistral

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Afghanistan

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Magistral (1987), part of the Afghan Civil War. USSR defeated Afghan Mujahideen, Pakistan.

Belligerents3

Soviet Union
Afghan Mujahideen
Pakistan

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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