Marmoul offensives

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Marmoul offensive
Part of Soviet Afghan war
Date 1984 Location Afghanistan Result Soviet-DRA victory
Belligerents
Afghanistan Soviet Union	Afghan Mujahideen
Commanders and leaders
Yuri Andropov (Leader of Soviet Union) Mshl. Sergei Sokolov (Minister of Defence) Maj. Gen. G.A. Zgersky Maj. Gen. S.N. Shevchenko.	Mohammad Zabihullah  † (Commander of Afghan Mujahideen) Ahmad Shah Massoud (Commander of Afghan Mujahideen)
Units involved
Soviet Union Soviet Army KGB DRA Afghan Army KHAD Afghan Commando Forces	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	500 Mujahideen killed Weapons, ammunition, and other military assets of the enemy were partially destroyed and captured.

The Marmoul offensives were a series of military operations conducted by Soviet troops, KGB Border Guards of the USSR and DRA government forces, more specifically the 203rd Special Purpose Battalion, against Afghan mujahideen in the provinces of Balkh and Samangan in northern Afghanistan during the Soviet–Afghan War.

The Marmoul offensives included operations to seize fortified areas, fortification complexes and logistical bases (Alburs, Agarsai, Bayramshah, Shorcha), and to destroy the infrastructure of rebel bases. Other objectives included blocking the supply channels for weapons and ammunition and neutralizing members of the armed formations of the Mujahideen. They consisted in a series of joint or independent, ground and air combat operations on a broad front with the involvement of considerable forces and means.