1979 Herat uprising
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title:
1979 Herat uprising
text:
The Herat uprising, locally known as the Uprising of 24th Hūt was an insurrection that took place in and around the city of Herat in western Afghanistan, across several days in March 1979. It included both a popular uprising and a mutiny of ethnic Tajik Afghan Army troops against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA). The communist regime at first appealed to its Soviet allies for help, but the Soviet leadership declined to intervene. After the insurgents seized and held the city for abou
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Rebellion in Afghanistan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Herat_uprising
date created:
2012-02-01T13:55:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T17:15:35Z
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