1975 uprisings in Afghanistan
Date1975
Location
Result

Afghan government victory

  • Jamiat-e Islami commanders flee to Pakistan
  • All Uprisings Suppressed
  • Daoud agrees to end support and expel anti-Pakistan militants in Afghanistan
  • Gulbuddin Hekmatyar drops support for the Jamiat-e Islami
  • Most of Jamiat-e Islami arrested
  • Hundreds of students and religious leaders were arrested and executed
Belligerents
 Afghanistan
Supported by:
 Soviet Union

Jamiat-e Islami
 Pakistan Supported by:
 Saudi Arabia
 United States

Commanders and leaders
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978)Mohammad Daoud Khan
(President of Afghanistan)
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978)Abdul Karim
(Defence Minister of Afghanistan)
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978)Lt. Col. Mohammed
(Minister of Interior)
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978)Col. GEN. Watanjar
(Afghan Military officer)

Burhanuddin Rabbani
(leader of Jamiat-e Islami)
Ahmad Shah Massoud
(Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
(Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Mowlawi Habib Rahman  (POW)
(Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Abdul Haq
(Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Nasratyar  (POW)
(Commander of Jamiat-e Islami)
Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(Prime Minister of Pakistan)
Pakistan Lt. GEN. Jilani Khan
(Head of ISI)

Pakistan Maj. Gen. Babar
(Governor of KPK)
Units involved
Strength
Unknown 5,000+
Casualties and losses
Unknown 60 commanders killed
600 Islamist activists arrested and later executed