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Battle of Kabul 1995
Part of Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
Date11 March, 1995
Location
Kabul, Afghanistan
Result Islamic State of Afghanistan victory
Belligerents
 Islamic State Afghanistan AfghanistanTaliban
Commanders and leaders
Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Massoud AfghanistanMuhammad Omar
AfghanistanMullah Borjan  X
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Minor damages heavy

Battle of Kabul was a battle between the Islamic State of Afghanistan and the Taliban that took place in 1995 in the Kabul which was a decisive victory for the government forces and a heavy defeat for the Taliban. After capturing Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's territory and by deposing of the Hezbe Wahdat, on 11 March the Taliban launched a massive campaign to capture Kabul. the war started in the south and west of Kabul between the Taliban and the government forces. This was the first time which the Taliban faced the forces of Ahmad Shah Massoud,The Taliban suffered heavy losses and retreated to Logar.[1][2][3]

Background

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On February 2, 1995, the Taliban captured Wardak, located 50 kilometers south of Kabul. For the first time, Hekmatyar's bases around the capital were threatened on the other hand The Taliban were advancing at lightning speed. On February 10, 1995, after fierce clashes that left 200 dead, they captured Maidan Shahr and then Mohammad Agha District the next day.Hekmatyar realized that he was caught between the government forces in the north and the Taliban in the south. The morale of his forces was rapidly decreasing. On February 14, 1995, Hekmatyar's headquarters in Char Asiab District captured by the Taliban. His forces, who were very scared, fled to the east towards Jalalabad. The government army, under the command of Ahmad Shah Masoud, retreated into the city of Kabul.[4][5]In March 1995, the Taliban had captured almost one-third of the Afghanistan they defeated Hezbe Wahdat and killed their leader Abdul Ali Mazari.[6]

The Battle

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on 6 March Ahmad Shah Massoud marched against the Hazaras and driving them out of the kabul in desperation The Hazaras made a deal with the Taliban yielding their heavy weapons and positions to the Taliban in the meantime Ahmad Shah Massoud was not going allow the Taliban to replace the Hazaras in southern Kabul.On March 11 Ahmad Shah Massoud launched another pushing attack in order to drive out the Taliban from kabul,[7]he drove the Taliban out of Kabul after bloody street fighting that left hundreds of Taliban in dead.This was the first major war in which the Taliban fought and lost. Their weak military structure and poor tactics ensured their defeat at the hands of Ahmad Shah Massoud's more experienced warriors.[8]<[9][10][11][12][13]

References

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  1. ^ Goodson, Larry P. (July 1, 2011). Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80158-2 – via Google Books page 77.
  2. ^ Pacific, United States Congress House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the (October 20, 1996). Afghanistan: Civil War Or Uncivil Peace? : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, May 9, 1996. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-053910-7 – via Google Books page 63.
  3. ^ https://www.ariaye.com/ketab/andeshmand/ketab.pdf pages 188_193
  4. ^ The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan. Harvard University Press page 65. 15 May 2009. ISBN 978-0-674-26286-7.
  5. ^ Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground. Granta Publications. 6 October 2011. ISBN 978-1-84627-432-9.
  6. ^ Goodson, Larry P. (July 1, 2011). Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80158-2 – via Google Books page 77.
  7. ^ The Rise of Militant Islam: An Insider's View of the Failure to Curb Global Jihad. Casemate Publishers. 19 August 2010. ISBN 978-1-84468-548-6.
  8. ^ The Statesman's Yearbook 1998-99. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 17 December 2016. ISBN 978-0-230-27127-2.
  9. ^ Terror Network. BlueRose Publishers. 26 March 2020.
  10. ^ Enduring Freedom, Enduring Voices: US Operations in Afghanistan. Bloomsbury. 20 January 2015. ISBN 978-1-78200-977-1.
  11. ^ How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan. US Institute of Peace Press. 2008. ISBN 978-1-60127-024-5.
  12. ^ Afghanistan Labor Policy, Laws and Regulations Handbook: Strategic Information and Regulations. Lulu.com. July 2017. ISBN 978-1-4387-8020-7.
  13. ^ Rashid, Ahmed (April 30, 2010). Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85771-728-3 – via Google Books page 35.
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