Badaber uprising

Badaber uprising
	Part of Operation Cyclone during the Soviet–Afghan War
Date	26–27 April 1985
Location	Badaber, Peshawar District, Pakistan
Result	Pyrrhic victory for Afghan mujahideen and Pakistani forces Soviet/Afghan POWs destroyed Badaber fort and weapon caches; Escape attempt unsuccessful, all prisoners killed;
Belligerents
Soviet POWs ; DR Afghan POWs	Afghan mujahideen Jamiat-e-Islami; Pakistan XI Corps; Pakistan Air Force; Supported by:; United States CIA; Egypt China
Commanders and leaders
Viktor Dukhovchenko † Aleksandr Alekseevich Matveev †	Burhanuddin Rabbani; Ahmad Shah Massoud; Akhtar Abdur Rahman
Strength
Soviet Union: 12 POWs ; Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: 40 POWs; Total: ; 52 personnel	70 guards; Unknown; Unknown
Casualties and losses
Afghanistan: ; 40 dead Soviet Union: ; 11 dead	Jamiat-e Islami: 100–120 killed; (Soviet claim); 20 killed (Jamiat claim); 3 Grad MLRS destroyed; 2 million rounds of ammunition destroyed; thousands of rockets destroyed; Pakistan: 40–90 killed (Soviet claim);

The Badaber uprising (26–27 April 1985, Badaber, Pakistan) was an armed rebellion by Soviet and Afghan prisoners of war who were being held at the Badaber fortress near Peshawar, Pakistan. The prisoners fought the Afghan Mujahideen of the Jamiat-e Islami party (who were supported by the Pakistani XI Corps and American CIA advisors) in an attempt to escape.

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