Badaber uprising

Badaber uprising
	Part of Operation Cyclone during the Soviet–Afghan War and Spillover of Soviet - Afghan war in Pakistan
Date	26–27 April 1985
Location	Badaber, Peshawar District, Pakistan
Result	Uprising suppressed Soviet/Afghan POWs destroy Badaber fort and weapon caches; Escape attempt unsuccessful, all prisoners killed;
Belligerents
Soviet POWs ; DR Afghan POWs	Afghan mujahideen Jamiat-e-Islami; Pakistan XI Corps; Pakistan Air Force;
Commanders and leaders
Viktor Dukhovchenko † ; Aleksandr Alekseevich Matveev †	Burhanuddin Rabbani; Ahmad Shah Massoud; Akhtar Abdur Rahman
Strength
52 personnel (40 Afghans, 12 Soviets)	70 guards
Casualties and losses
51 total dead All 40 Afghans killed; 11 Soviets killed (one missing, presumed dead);	Jamiat-e Islami: 100–120 killed; (Soviet claim); 20 killed (Jamiat claim); 3 Grad MLRS destroyed; 2 million rounds of ammunition destroyed; thousands of rockets destroyed; Pakistan: 40–90 killed (Soviet claim);

The Badaber uprising (26–27 April 1985, Badaber, Pakistan) was an armed rebellion by Soviet and Afghan prisoners of war who were being held at the Badaber fortress near Peshawar, Pakistan. The prisoners fought the Afghan Mujahideen of the Jamiat-e Islami party (who were supported by the Pakistani XI Corps and American CIA advisors) in an attempt to escape.