What the records say
- When
- 9 Apr 1980 – 16 Jun 1985
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 35.27° N, 69.47° E
- Description
- 1980 front of the Soviet-Afghan War
Panjshir offensives (Soviet–Afghan War)
1980–1985 series of battles
The Panjshir offensives were a series of battles from 1980 to 1985 between the Soviet Army, the Afghan Armed Forces and groups of Afghan mujahideen under Ahmad Shah Massoud. The goal of these offensives was control of the strategic Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan, during the Soviet–Afghan War of the 1980s.
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