Operation Typhoon (1989)

Operation Typhoon
Date	23–26 January 1989 (3 days)
Location	Parwan, Baghlan, Kunduz, Afghanistan
Result	Afghan victory
Belligerents
Afghanistan; Soviet Union	Afghan Mujahideen Jamiat-e Islami; ; Supported by:; Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Aslam Watanjar	Ahmad Shah Massoud
Units involved
Afghan Army; Soviet Armed Forces Soviet Army 40th Army Su-25 Fighter Jets; 1,000 air sorties; 400 Long-range artillery missions; ; ; ;	Unknown
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Light	Soviet claim: 600+ killed; 32 Mortars destroyed; 15 Rocket launchers destroyed; 46 Heavy machine guns destroyed; 10 Supply dumps destroyed; 36 Strong points destroyed; 15 Trucks destroyed;
	1,000+ Afghan civilians killed

Operation Typhoon is the penultimate planned military operation of Soviet troops during the Soviet–Afghan War. It was carried out from January 23, 1989, to January 26, 1989, in the provinces of Parwan, Baghlan, and Kunduz with the aim of "causing as much damage as possible to the opposition forces in the central and northern provinces of the country".

A combined arms operation of units and units of the 108th and 201st motorized rifle divisions and other units of OKSVA on a wide front of the provinces of Parwan, Baghlan, Kunduz with the aim of stabilizing the military-political situation in the northeastern zone of the Republic of Afghanistan before the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the DRA. Soviets flew over 1,000 sorties against the Mujahedeen targets, next to conducting hundreds of artillery strikes. This operation, dubbed "Operation Typhoon," killed over 600 of Masooud's fighters, according to Soviet estimates.

The command of the operation was carried out by Lieutenant General B.V. Gromov.