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Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930)

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in the river valley were destroyed. Up to 17,000 cartridges were blown up, up to 40 rifles were seized, emigrants' grain stocks were burned, cattle were destroyed and partially stolen. The Soviet detachment took 200 camels, 80 horses and 400 rams with them. The local Afghan population did not leave
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their yurts and remained untouched. The total losses of the Basmachis and their accomplices amounted to 839 people killed, including the head of the religious sect Pir-Ishan and the ideological inspirers of the Basmachi by the
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At the end of June 1930, the combined cavalry brigade of the Red Army under the command of the brigade commander Yakov Melkumov (Hakob Melkumyan, known in the Basmachi environment as Yakub Tura), crossed the
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in the 1920s and systematically violated the Soviet-Afghan border. In addition, as early as the end of 1929, Soviet intelligence received reliable information from the recently defeated Emir of Afghanistan
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They strictly controlled that during the operation the fighters did not accidentally“ touch ”the farms and property of the indigenous people, and did not affect their national and religious feelings"
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economic bases and exterminate their manpower in Afghanistan. The operation was carried out by parts of the combined cavalry brigade under the command of the brigade commander
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were burned and destroyed, except for that part of the village where the native Afghans lived. Also, during the raid for 35 km, all villages and
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initially wanted to fight, but after specifying the enemy’s strength, he hastily left for the mountains, while informing the
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bases and destroy their manpower in northern Afghanistan, where active fighters against the Soviet government emigrated from
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These circumstances to a great extent bothered the Afghan government, and it agreed to force intervention by the
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My weapon is not directed against Afghanistan. It is ours, we got it in battle.
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Before crossing the border at the Aivaj post with the soldiers of the
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Upon learning of the Red Army's invasion of Afghanistan,
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The defeat of the Basmachi bases in northern Afghanistan
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However, seeing that the local authorities 356: 239: 761:Red Army intervention in Afghanistan in 1930 991:Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929) 363: 349: 246: 232: 781: 167: 857: 845: 822:, on behalf of the King of Afghanistan, 1183: 797:command developed a plan to attack the 1257: 344: 227: 1179: 1177: 1175: 1047: 1045: 1043: 1017: 1015: 1013: 935:"do not interfere with the Russians" 372:Conflicts in Afghanistan (1793–1973) 207:1 drowned at the crossing (Red Army) 26:Red Army intervention in Afghanistan 13: 1285:Afghanistan–Soviet Union relations 210:2 wounded (Red Army and Komvzvoda) 14: 1301: 1172: 1040: 1010: 1275:Political history of Afghanistan 185: 175: 157: 140: 129: 111: 97: 931:"join the battle with the Reds" 795:Central Asian Military District 769:Central Asian Military District 767:was a special operation of the 1227: 1202: 1147: 1122: 1069: 923:"for a sudden border crossing" 1: 1188:. Bishkek: KRSU. p. 15. 1003: 1212:. 2009-12-30. Archived from 1157:. 2018-04-09. 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Index

Soviet–Afghan War
Basmachi movement
Badakhshan Province
Kingdom of Afghanistan
Soviet Union
Red Army
Kingdom of Afghanistan

Basmachi

Yakov Melkumov
WIA

Ibrahim Bek

Utan Bek
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Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)
Shinwari revolt
Jabal al-Siraj
1st Kabul
Murad Beg fort
2nd Kabul
Kabul airlift
Bamiyan
Red Army intervention
Logar valley
Tagab

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