When did the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan ended? In 1996 or in 1999 ???

Answer 1

Neither, it was 1989, shortly thereafter the Soviet Union was no more.

Answer 2

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan began at Christmas 1979.
The final troop withdrawal began on May 15, 1988, and ended on February 15, 1989. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 after the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Answer 3

It ended on February 15, 1989. Not in any of the years you gave!
The initial Soviet deployment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began on December 25, 1979. The final troop withdrawal began on May 15, 1988, and ended on February 15, 1989.


The Soviets launched a full-scale invasion of Afghanistan and installed Babrak Karmal as president.
The Soviets, and the Soviet-backed Afghan government, were met with fierce popular resistance. Guerrilla forces, calling themselves mujahideen, pledged a jihad, or holy war, to expel the invaders. Initially armed with outdated weapons, the mujahideen became a focus of U.S. cold war strategy against the Soviet Union, and with Pakistan's help, Washington began funneling sophisticated arms to the resistance. Moscow's troops were soon bogged down in a no-win conflict with determined Afghan fighters. In 1986 Karmal resigned, and was replaced by Mohammad Najibullah. In April 1988 the USSR, U.S., Afghanistan, and Pakistan signed accords calling for an end to outside aid to the warring factions. In return, a Soviet withdrawal took place in Feb. 1989.