Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

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The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan were the Soviet-backed military forces of Afghanistan’s communist government during the late 1970s and 1980s, active throughout the Soviet–Afghan War.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
activePeriodEnd 1992 ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1978 ⓘ
allegiance Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Afghan Armed Forces (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) ⓘ
Armed Forces of the DRA ⓘ
branch Afghan Air Defense Forces ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Air Force

Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Afghan Army ⓘ
Afghan Border Guards ⓘ
Afghan Internal Troops ⓘ
commanderInChief General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
President of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
conflict Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
disestablishedFollowing collapse of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in 1992 ⓘ
doctrineInfluencedBy Soviet military doctrine ⓘ
engagedIn operations alongside Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
followedBy Armed Forces of the Islamic State of Afghanistan ⓘ
garrisonLocation Kabul ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
ideology communism ⓘ
involvedIn civil war in Afghanistan (late 1980s–early 1990s) ⓘ
counterinsurgency operations ⓘ
notableCommander Babrak Karmal ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin ⓘ
Mohammad Najibullah ⓘ
opposedBy United States-backed mujahideen factions ⓘ
partOf state apparatus of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
politicalControlBy People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
precededBy Armed Forces of the Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
primaryOpponents Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
various Islamist guerrilla groups ⓘ
recruitment conscription ⓘ
region Afghanistan ⓘ
role defense of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of Defense of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
Ministry of Interior of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
supportedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
trainingAssistedBy Soviet military advisors ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom Czechoslovakia ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
Other Warsaw Pact states ⓘ
linked to: Warsaw Pact

Poland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armed Forces of the Islamic State of Afghanistan → replaced → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
Thawra-ye Saur → participant → Afghan Army ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan → alsoKnownAs → Afghan Armed Forces (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan → branch → Afghan Internal Troops ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Royal Afghan Armed Forces → replacedBy → Armed Forces of the Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Royal Afghan Armed Forces → successor → Republican Afghan Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan