Badaber uprising
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The Badaber uprising (26–27 April 1985, Badaber, Pakistan) was an armed rebellion by Soviet and Afghan prisoners of war who were being held at the Badaber fortress near Peshawar, Pakistan. The prisoners fought the Afghan Mujahideen of the Jamiat-e Islami party (who were supported by the Pakistani XI Corps and American CIA advisors) in an attempt to escape.
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Part of Operation Cyclone during the Soviet–Afghan War | |||||||
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Soviet POWs DR Afghan POWs |
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Viktor Dukhovchenko † Aleksandr Alekseevich Matveev † |
Burhanuddin Rabbani Ahmad Shah Massoud Akhtar Abdur Rahman | ||||||
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12 POWs Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: 40 POWs Total: 52 personnel |
70 guards Unknown Unknown | ||||||
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Soviet Union: 11 dead |
Jamiat-e Islami:[5]
Pakistan:[5]
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