Herat uprising
Incident- Incident date
- 1979/03/15
- Dates of incident
- Mar 15, 1979 ~ Mar 20, 1979
- Year of incident
- 1979
- Province of incident
- Herat: Herat City
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.3494235694824
Longitude: 62.1891939162627
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Herat City
- Types of incident
- Complex Attack
- Conflict parties
- People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan - Khalq (PDPA-K)
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- Regime in place
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
The so-called “Herat Uprising,” which lasted from March 15-20, 1979, was considered to be the first major people-led insurrection against the communist regime in Afghanistan. Government troops put down the uprising in a crackdown, which, some claim, led to the deaths of over 20,000 civilians.
- Source_1
https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/context-culture/failings-of-inclusivity-the-herat-uprising-of-march-1979/
- No of victims involved
- 20000