Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930)

Red Army intervention in Afghanistan
Part of the Basmachi movement
Date 1–30 June 1930 Location Badakhshan Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan Result Soviet victory The defeat of the Basmachi bases in northern Afghanistan
Belligerents
Soviet Union Red Army Supported by: Kingdom of Afghanistan	Basmachi
Commanders and leaders
Yakov Melkumov  (WIA)	Ibrahim Bek Utan Bek
Casualties and losses
3 fatalities 1 drowned at the crossing (Red Army) 2 wounded (Red Army and Komvzvoda)	839 soldiers killed Large property losses

The Red Army intervention in Afghanistan in 1930 or the Second Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan of 1930 was a special operation of the Central Asian Military District command to destroy the Basmachi economic bases and exterminate their manpower in Afghanistan. The operation was carried out by parts of the combined cavalry brigade under the command of the brigade commander Yakov Melkumov (WIA).^[1][2]