Mujahideen takeover of Kabul

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The Mujahideen takeover of Kabul in 1992 was the capture of Afghanistan’s capital by anti-communist guerrilla factions, marking the collapse of the Soviet-backed government and the start of a new phase of civil war.

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Mujahideen takeover of Kabul canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
event in the Afghan Civil War ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
capitalCaptured Kabul ⓘ
chronology occurred after Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
occurred before Taliban capture of Kabul in 1996 ⓘ
conflictType civil war ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
describedAs capture of Afghanistan’s capital by anti-communist guerrilla factions ⓘ
turning point in post-Soviet Afghan politics ⓘ
endTime 1992 ⓘ
followedBy Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Civil War

Taliban rise to power ⓘ
hasCause Najibullah government loss of support ⓘ
collapse of the Soviet-backed Afghan government ⓘ
withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Kabul (1992) ⓘ
location Kabul ⓘ
opponent Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
Najibullah government ⓘ
participant Afghan mujahideen factions ⓘ
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Ittehad-e Islami ⓘ
Jamiat-e Islami ⓘ
Junbish-i Milli ⓘ
linked to: Junbish-e Milli

forces loyal to Abdul Rashid Dostum ⓘ
forces of Ahmad Shah Massoud ⓘ
linked to: Afghan mujahideen

forces of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ⓘ
government forces of Mohammad Najibullah ⓘ
partOf Afghan Civil War (1978–present, broad sense) ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Civil War

Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Civil War
pointInTime 1992 ⓘ
politicalContext end of Soviet influence in Afghanistan ⓘ
transition from communist rule to Islamist-led government structures ⓘ
result beginning of a new phase of Afghan civil war ⓘ
collapse of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
establishment of the Islamic State of Afghanistan (interim) in Kabul ⓘ
fall of the communist government in Kabul ⓘ
outbreak of factional fighting in Kabul ⓘ
power struggle among mujahideen factions ⓘ
significantPerson Abdul Rashid Dostum ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Massoud ⓘ
Burhanuddin Rabbani ⓘ
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ⓘ
Mohammad Najibullah ⓘ
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi ⓘ
startTime April 1992 ⓘ

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