3 Hoot uprising (22 feb 1980 año – 5 mar 1980 año)

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The 3 Hoot uprising refers to a week of major civil unrest in Kabul, Afghanistan that started on February 22, 1980, occurring two months after the Soviet intervention. It is named after the date and month it started in the Persian calendar. A series of mass arrests by the Babrak Karmal-led Democratic Republic of Afghanistan triggered protests, rioting and a popular uprising against the government. Alternatively it has been said that the murder of Lieutenant Alexander Vovk, an instructor of the Soviet Komsomol, by an unknown gunman in the city, which led to the killing of civilians by a group of Soviet officers, led to the uprising.

Thousands of civilians, including leftists and Islamists took part.

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