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allies for help, but the Soviet leadership declined to intervene. After the insurgents seized and held the city for about a week, the regime was able to retake it with its own forces, and the subsequent aerial bombardment and recapture of Herat left 3,000 to 25,000 of its inhabitants dead. It was the
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advisers to the DRA were killed, though other foreigners were spared. The exact number of Soviets killed during the events is uncertain: some sources cite high figures of up to 200 but according to official Soviet sources, there were only two victims. Former DRA sources indicate that 3 or 4 Soviets
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were killed, possibly with their families. According to certain sources, the bodies of the dead advisers were paraded around the city by the rebels, but this is denied by other sources. The rebellion did not have a unified leadership: on the military side, the mutineers were led by a group of
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and by Gilles Dorronsoro, the latter pointing out that certain figures of the uprising such as Gul Muhammad, were ethnic Pashtuns, and that the revolt took hold equally in Pashtun-inhabited areas. However Vercellin claims that many in Herat viewed the DRA government as
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According to Olivier Roy, the Herat rebellion was an example of an organized rebellion, as opposed to the spontaneous anti-government revolts which occurred elsewhere in the country. Roy considers that the events in Herat bear the hallmark of strategy developed by
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prints charged that Pakistan, Egypt, China, the United States, United Kingdom and West Germany were responsible for the uprising, while also blaming Iran. It contradicted the assessments of the internal Soviet Politburo that it was caused by the DRA regime.
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communities of Herat, which made up half of the city's population. In a propaganda move, the regime took advantage of the return of 4,000 Afghan labourers from Iran, to claim that Herat had been infiltrated by Iranians dressed as Afghans.
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As a manifestation of the social and political forces at work in Afghanistan, the Herat uprising was the subject of academic research, which has offered contradictory explanations for it. Giorgio Vercellin presented the uprising as an
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commander, did not play a leading role in the revolt, as was later claimed by his supporters. Among the civilian insurgents, the situation was more confused, though some local figures played a significant role: Gul Mohammad, a
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had opened communications with officers of the 17th Division several weeks before the events, the actual leaders of the mutiny were not aligned with that party (according to Dorronsoro, one of the two main ringleaders was a
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The agrarian reform had taken place near Herat without opposition, as there was little solidarity between the rural farmers and the big landowners who mostly lived in the city. In this case the repression carried out by the
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isolated revolts had already taken place, but the uprising began in earnest on March 15, 1979. In the surrounding districts insurgents gathered around mosques, and following the preaching of their
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attack helicopters, along with extra advisers to service them. Despite this, the situation of the Afghan armed forces continued to deteriorate, with mutinies occurring in
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who preached to the insurgents. Dorronsoro contested this interpretation, based on the relatively minor role played by Jamiat agents. While Jamiat office in
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garrison to send an armored force that could reach Herat faster. Additionally, Amin ordered the mobilization of commando battalions, stationed in
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The events in Herat took place in the wider context of unrest against the communist reforms implemented by the DRA, of which the principal was
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However, the Soviets did increase their military assistance in the following months by sending large quantities of equipment, including
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troops were thus allowed to pass, and recapture the city. The government forces then subjected Herat to an aerial bombardment with
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worst outbreak of armed violence in the country in 50 years, and was the deadliest incident in the 1978-1979 period following the
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The events in Herat caused the Soviet leadership to realize that their Afghan allies were in crisis. Repeated demands from
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and joined the uprising. A small group of soldiers, officials and Khalq activists withdrew into the city's
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in Kabul. As with most other anti-regime resistances in 1979, their religious faith was a uniting factor.
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was detailed by the regime to put down the rebellion, but this proved a mistake, as there were few
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acknowledged that the DRA faced "thousands" of insurgents, but, in accordance with the
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on March 20, Kosygin explained to him the Soviet policy regarding Afghanistan:
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After the initial shock of losing a major city and the defection of a whole
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both in public and in private conversations, occurring a month after the
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where government command posts held out, and spread a few days later to
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officers under Sardar Jagran and Rasul Baloch which also included
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meetings. One such meeting took place on March 17, during which
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was uncovered, containing 2,000 bodies of those killed by
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The DRA claimed that the rebellion had been organized by
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ordered Major General Sayyed Mukharam, commander of the
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of Jamiat-e Islami forces in Herat Province and a major
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Index

1979 Herat Uprising
Afghanistan Conflict

diorama
Herat Province
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghan Army
Afghan Air Force
Soviet Union
Jamiat-e Islami
Iran
Nur Muhammad Taraki
Hafizullah Amin
Shahnawaz Tanai
Ismail Khan
Afghanistan
Jamiat-e Islami
Iran
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Afghan conflict
Saur Revolution (1978)
Herat uprising (1979)
Chindawol uprising (1979)
Bala Hissar uprising (1979)
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–89)
Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

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