Battle for Hill 3234

When

7 Jan 1988 – 8 Jan 1988

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

33.35° N, 69.30° E

Description

1988 battle

Battle during Soviet-Afghan war

The Battle for Hill 3234 was a successful attack battle fought by the 9th Company of the 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment, Soviet Airborne Troops, part of Operation Magistral, supported by the Afghan Army's 15th Tank Brigade, 8th, 11th, 12th, 214th, 25th Infantry Division and the 37th Commando Battalion, in Afghanistan against a force of some 250 Mujahideen rebels who were supported by several Pakistani mer…

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In the Soviet-Afghan War, 39 men of the Soviet Airborne Troops from the 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment fight off an attack by 200 to 250 Mujahideen…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille pour la colline 3234 dans la première guerre d’Afghanistan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Афганская война: бой на высоте 3234”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Soviet-Afghan War24 Dec 1979 · Interstate war · Deaths 1,000,000