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| 1979 | Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych |  |
| Dec According to the Soviet Politburo they were complying with the 1978 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Good Neighborliness that former President Taraki had signed |
| 24th Dec Intended as a quick operation to restore a pro-Soviet regime in Kabul |
| 24th Dec Russia invade Afghanistan, claiming to have been invited by President Amin |
| 24th Dec Sends in 100,000 men in 8 armoured Divs & 2 parachute battalions |
| 24th Dec Within 1 week the Russian army controls the major cities & government |
| 27th Dec Kabul 700 troops, including 54 KGB spetsnaz special forces troops from the Alpha Group and Zenith Group, dressed in Afghanuniforms occupied major governmental, military and media buildings in Kabul |
| 27th Dec Kabul At 7:15, the storm of Tajbeg Palace begins, with the clear objective to depose or kill President Hafizullah Amin, the operation ends with the death of Amin, and lasted 45 minutes |
| 27th Dec Kabul The operation begins at 7:00 P.M., when the Soviet spetsnaz (Zenith Group) blows up Kabul's communications hub, paralyzing Afghani military command |
| 28th Dec Termez The Soviet military command at Termez, in Soviet Uzbekistan, announces on Radio Kabul that Afghanistan had been liberated from Amin's rule |
| 1980 | Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| The UN General Assembly votes by 104 to 18 with 18 abstentions for a resolution which "strongly deplores" the "recent armed intervention" in Afghanistan and calls for the "total withdrawal" |
| 17th April The USAState Dept discloses 8,000 Soviet troops have been killed or wounded |
| 1st May Russia's May Day parade is boycotted by Ambassadors of 15 countries |
| 1982 | Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Informal negotiations get underway for a Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan |
| 1985 | Karmal, Babrak |  |
| 15th Feb The last Russian troops leave Afghanistan |
| 1987 | Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Russian forces begin to withdraw from Afghanistan |
| 20th July The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan is announced |
| 1988 | Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 7th April Moscow Announces Russia's withdrawal from Afghanistan |
| 1988 | Najibullah, Mohammed | |
| The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan is announced |
| 1988 | Shevardnadze, Eduard | |
| 14th April Moscow Signs as a guarantor in Geneva of the Russian withdrawal from Afghanistan |
| 1989 | Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Malta Meets Bush in a warship off Malta, tells him Russia does not regard the USAas an enemy |
| Moscow Russian forces complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan |
| 5th Feb Russia announces that all but a small rear-guard contingent of its troops had left Afghanistan |
| 15th Feb Moscow 14,454 Russians had died in the conflict |
| 15th Feb Moscow Russian withdrawal signifies a Mujahadin victory |
| 15th Feb Moscow The last Russian troops withdraw from Afghanistan |
| 1989 | Rabbani, Burhannudin | |
| 15th Feb The last Russian troops withdraw from Afghanistan |
| 2003 | Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Agrees to the establishment of coalition military bases in Central Asia before and during the US-led invasion of Afghanistan |
