Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

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The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan was the 1988–1989 military pullout of Soviet forces that ended their decade-long intervention and marked a major turning point in the late Cold War.

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Generate an image of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan (The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan was the 1988–1989 military pullout of Soviet forces that ended their decade-long intervention and marked a major turning point in the late Cold War.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military withdrawal ⓘ
agreementWith Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
Islamic Republic of Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: Pakistan
alsoKnownAs Soviet pullout from Afghanistan ⓘ
Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
cause domestic opposition within the Soviet Union ⓘ
high Soviet casualties and costs ⓘ
international pressure on the Soviet Union ⓘ
military stalemate in the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
characterizedAs major turning point in the late Cold War ⓘ
commandedBy Boris Gromov ⓘ
Valentin Varennikov ⓘ
conflict Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
duration about 9 months ⓘ
endDate 1989-02-15 ⓘ
followedBy Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Civil War
impact contributed to the decline of Soviet influence in the Third World ⓘ
encouraged anti-Soviet movements in Eastern Europe ⓘ
left Najibullah government dependent on Soviet aid ⓘ
set stage for collapse of Najibullah government in 1992 ⓘ
weakened legitimacy of Soviet interventionism abroad ⓘ
keyDocument Geneva Accords on Afghanistan ⓘ
lastCrossingPoint Friendship Bridge over the Amu Darya ⓘ
lastDayCommanderToCross Boris Gromov ⓘ
lastUnitToLeave 40th Army of the Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet 40th Army
legalBasis Geneva Accords (1988) ⓘ
location Afghanistan ⓘ
mediatedBy United Nations ⓘ
militaryObjective orderly and complete pullout of Soviet forces ⓘ
numberOfTroopsWithdrawn over 100000 ⓘ
opposedBy hardliners in the Soviet military ⓘ
orderedBy Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
partOf late Cold War ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
politicalContext glasnost ⓘ
perestroika ⓘ
precededBy Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
relatedTo Operation Cyclone ⓘ
Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence involvement in Afghanistan ⓘ
U.S. support for Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
result defeat of the Soviet-backed Afghan government’s war effort ⓘ
end of Soviet military presence in Afghanistan ⓘ
major blow to Soviet global prestige ⓘ
shift in regional balance of power in favor of the Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
startDate 1988-05-15 ⓘ
supportedBy Mikhail Gorbachev’s reformist leadership ⓘ

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Soviet–Afghan War → result → Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan → alsoKnownAs → Soviet pullout from Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan → alsoKnownAs → Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
Eduard Shevardnadze → participantIn → Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan negotiations ⓘ
linked to: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
Declaration on International Guarantees → context → Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan 1988–1989 ⓘ
linked to: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
Diego Cordovez → notableEvent → Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
United States (during Soviet–Afghan War) → contributedTo → Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan