Group Afghanistan, Soviet-occupied State Defunct 1978 CE – 1989 CE Capital Kabul Kabol Afghanistan Member Cities Geneva > Genéve Geneve Switzerland Location St Petersburg Sankt-Peterburg Russia Location People Abdul Rashid Dostum Ahmad Shāh Massoud Alexei Kosygin Babrak Kārmal Benazir Bhutto +20 more Groups Tajik people Pashtun people (Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, or Pathans) Indian people Kachin people Hazara people +22 more Topics Bangladeshi Civil War of 1973-97 Afghan Military Coup Bangladesh: Famine of 1974 Pakistani Army Coup Saur Revolution, or Afghan Marxist Coup +6 more Subjects Law Conflict Government Violence Political movements Commodities None linked. Locations Geneva > Genéve Geneve Switzerland St Petersburg Sankt-Peterburg Russia ← Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of (third restoration) PIJ (Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement) → Cite this entry Moran, J. (n.d.). Afghanistan, Soviet-occupied. History Atlas. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/groups/afghanistan-soviet-occupied/ Related events Loading related events…
