Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929)

Red Army intervention in Afghanistan
	Part of Afghan Civil War (1928-1929)
	; The Red Army crossing the river Dushanbinka
Date	15 April – 28 May 1929
Location	Kingdom of Afghanistan
Result	Saqqawist Victory The Red Army established control over Balkh Province, but withdrew to the USSR after the flight of King Amanullah Khan abroad.;
Belligerents
Soviet Union; Kingdom of Afghanistan	Emirate of Afghanistan; Basmachi
Commanders and leaders
Vitaly Primakov (Ragib Bey); Aleksandr Cherepanov (Ali Avzal Khan); Ghulam Nabi Khan	Sayyid Husayn; Ibrahim Bek
Units involved
Soviet Union: Red Army; Soviet Air Forces; ; Kingdom of Afghanistan Afghan Army; Pashtun tribesmen; ;	Emirate of Afghanistan Saqqawists; ;

The Red Army intervention in Afghanistan in 1929 also known as the First Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan of 1929 was a special operation aimed at supporting the ousted king of Afghanistan, Amanullah Khan, against the Saqqawists and Basmachi.

^ Braithwaite, Rodric (11 September 2013). Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-932248-0.

[1] Braithwaite, Rodric (11 September 2013). Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-932248-0.

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