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Operation Storm-333 (Шторм-333, Shtorm-333) was the codename of an operation that took place on 27 December 1979, in which Soviet Union forces stormed the Tajbeg Palace in Afghanistan and captured Afghan President Hafizullah Amin. An unknown number of Afghan palace guards were killed while 150 were captured. Amin's 11-year-old son died from shrapnel wounds.

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  • Operation Storm-333 (Шторм-333, Shtorm-333) was the codename of an operation that took place on 27 December 1979, in which Soviet Union forces stormed the Tajbeg Palace in Afghanistan and captured Afghan President Hafizullah Amin. An unknown number of Afghan palace guards were killed while 150 were captured. Amin's 11-year-old son died from shrapnel wounds.
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  • Operation Storm-333
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  • 32 KGB operators
  • 5 KGB operators
  • 6 "Muslim" Battalion
  • 9 paratroopers
  • Official killed:
  • Official wounded:
  • Vasili Mitrokhin puts it at over 100 (may include WIA)
combatant
  • D.R. Afghanistan
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result
  • Soviet victory
  • *Overthrow and assassination ofHafizullah Amin
strength
  • 2200
  • 520 "Muslim" Battalion
  • 54 Alpha/Zenith operators
  • 87 Paratroopers
  • Official total: 661
  • Over 700 KGB operators (acc.Vasili Mitrokhin)
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