Badaber uprising

Badaber uprising
Part of Operation Cyclone during the Soviet–Afghan War
Date26–27 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

Pakistan

Supported by:
United States

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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