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1975 uprisings in Afghanistan
Date1975
Location
Result

Afghan government victory

  • Jamiat-e Islami commanders flee to Pakistan
  • All Uprisings Suppressed
  • Daoud agrees to end support and expel anti-Pakistan militants in Afghanistan
  • Gulbuddin Hekmatyar drops support for the Jamiat-e Islami
  • Most of Jamiat-e Islami arrested
  • Hundreds of students and religious leaders were arrested and executed
Belligerents
  Afghanistan
Supported by:
  Soviet Union

Jamiat-e Islami
  Pakistan Supported by:
  Saudi Arabia
  United States

Commanders and leaders
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978) Mohammad Daoud Khan
( President of Afghanistan)
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978) Abdul Karim
( Defence Minister of Afghanistan)
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978) Lt. Col. Mohammed
( Minister of Interior)
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978) Col. GEN. Watanjar
( Afghan Military officer)

Burhanuddin Rabbani
( leader of Jamiat-e Islami)
Ahmad Shah Massoud
( Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
( Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Mowlawi Habib Rahman  ( POW)
( Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Abdul Haq
( Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Nasratyar  ( POW)
( Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
( Prime Minister of Pakistan)
Pakistan Lt. GEN. Jilani Khan
( Head of ISI)

Pakistan Maj. Gen. Babar
( Governor of KPK)
Units involved
Strength
Unknown 5,000+
Casualties and losses
Unknown 60 commanders killed
600 Islamist activists arrested and later executed