Draft:1986 Miran Shah incident

  • Comment: Fails WP:GNG as well WP:NEVENTS which says an event is presumed to be notable if it has lasting major consequences! —Saqib (talk I contribs) 16:10, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: The reviewer should check the history. The draft was moved by the creator to the main NS without approval, and then I moved it back to the draft NS. —Saqib (talk I contribs) 14:40, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

1986 Miram Shah incident
Part of the Soviet-Pakistani air confrontations, Second Battle of Zhawar, Soviet–Afghan War and Operation Cyclone
Date2nd April 1986
Location
Result

Mujahideen partial victory

Belligerents
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Afghanistan Afghanistan

Haqqani Network

Pakistan Pakistan
Units involved

 Soviet Air Forces
Afghanistan Afghan Army

  • 37th Commando Brigade
  • 38th Commando Brigade  Surrendered
  • 666th "Air Assault" Commando Regiment
  • 203rd Special Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 11th Infantry Division
  • 12th Infantry Division
  • 14th Infantry Division
  • 15th Infantry Division
  • 18th Infantry Division
  • 21st Mechanised Infantry Brigade

Haqqani network

  • Kochi mujahideen
  • Gorbez mujahideen

 Pakistan Army

Casualties and losses

Afghanistan Afghanistan

  • 6 Mi-8 captured[2]
  • 120+ captured[2]
  • 1 aircraft destroyed

Haqqani network

  • Hundreds killed and wounded

 Pakistan

  • 2 wounded

The 1986 Miran Shah incident refers to an accidental intrusion of Pakistani territory by the 38th Commando Brigade of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan during the Second Battle of Zhawar. The strike force, constituting 120 personnel and six helicopters, accidentally landed near Miran Shah, Pakistan instead of Zhawar due to poor visibility in the darkness of night. This force was surrounded and taken prisoner, with only 24 escapees.[3]

  1. ^ Riedel, Bruce (28 July 2014). WHAT WE WON! AMERICA'S SECRET WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 978-0-8157-2585-5.
  2. ^ a b "Campaign for the caves of Zhawar" (PDF).
  3. ^ Jalali, Ali Ahmad (March 17, 2017). A Military History of Afghanistan: From the Great Game to the Global War on Terror. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-2407-2 – via Google Books.