Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930)

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.

Not to be confused with Soviet–Afghan War.
Red Army intervention in Afghanistan
Part of the Basmachi movement
Date1 June-30 June 1930
Location
Badakhshan Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Result

Soviet victory

  • The defeat of the Basmachi bases in northern Afghanistan
Belligerents

 Soviet Union

Supported by:

Kingdom of Afghanistan		 Basmachi
Commanders and leaders
Yakov Melkumov

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
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