Siege

Siege of Khost

Jan 1980 – 11 Apr 1991 · 33.33° N, 69.92° E

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Jan 1980 – 11 Apr 1991
Kind
Siege
Coordinates
33.33° N, 69.92° E
Description
1980–1991 siege

Siege of Khost

1980–1991 siege in Afghanistan

The eleven-year siege of Khost took place throughout the nine-year Soviet–Afghan War in the 1980s and the subsequent Afghan civil war in the 1990s. Its airstrip's 3 km runway served as a base for helicopter operations by Soviet forces.

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