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24-490: Pyrrhic victory for Afghan mujahideen and Pakistani forces [REDACTED] Afghan mujahideen [REDACTED] Pakistan Supported by : [REDACTED] United States [REDACTED] Egypt [REDACTED] Viktor Dukhovchenko  † [REDACTED] Soviet Union: [REDACTED] Afghanistan: 40 dead [REDACTED] Jamiat-e Islami: [REDACTED] Pakistan: The Badaber uprising (26–27 April 1985, Badaber , Pakistan )

48-536: A crash late in the season, but still had enough points to be named champion. Less commonly, certain prizes, medals, and awards are granted only posthumously, especially those that honor people who died in service to a particular cause. Such awards include the Confederate Medal of Honor award , to Confederate veterans who distinguished themselves conspicuously during the American Civil War (1861–1865), and

72-582: A great part of the forces he brought with him, and almost all his particular friends and principal commanders; there were no others there to make recruits, and he found the confederates in Italy backward. On the other hand, as from a fountain continually flowing out of the city, the Roman camp was quickly and plentifully filled up with fresh men, not at all abating in courage for the loss they sustained, but even from their very anger gaining new force and resolution to go on with

96-573: A list of the prisoners, were destroyed. Soviet satellite data from 28 April 1985 showed an 80 m crater at the site. On 29 April 1985, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , the President of Pakistan, classified all information related to the uprising. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar , the head of the Hezbi Islami , said: Do not capture shuravi (Persian term for the word "Soviet") soldiers in the future, but annihilate them at

120-714: A representative of the International Red Cross visiting the Soviet Embassy in Islamabad , confirmed the uprising had occurred. On 11 May 1985, Vitaly Smirnov , the Soviet ambassador, issued a warning to Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq . He said: The Soviet side holds full responsibility for what had happened [with] the Government of Pakistan and expects that it will make appropriate conclusions about the effects posed by [its] complicity in

144-509: Is granted after the recipient has died. Many prizes, medals, and awards can be granted posthumously . Australian actor Heath Ledger , for example, won many awards after his death in 2008, particularly concerning his performance as The Joker in the film The Dark Knight . Military decorations, such as the Victoria Cross or the Medal of Honor , are often given posthumously. The title Hero of

168-602: Is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus , whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties in defeating the Romans at the Battle of Heraclea in 280 BC and the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC, during the Pyrrhic War . After the latter battle, Plutarch relates in a report by Dionysius : The armies separated; and, it is said, Pyrrhus replied to one that gave him joy of his victory that one other such victory would utterly undo him . For he had lost

192-777: The Afghan Mujahideen who opposed Soviet presence in Afghanistan. The Mujahideen were trained by military instructors from the United States ( Operation Cyclone ) and Pakistan. The fortress was controlled by the Tajik -dominated Jamiat-e Islami party. Burhanuddin Rabbani was the party leader and self-declared president of Afghanistan. The military commander of the fortress was Ahmad Shah Massoud . In 1983 and 1984, Soviet and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) prisoners were brought to

216-541: The Romans, we shall be utterly ruined. This list comprises examples of battles that ended in a Pyrrhic victory. It is not intended to be complete but to illustrate the concept. The term is used as an analogy in business, politics and sport to describe struggles that end up ruining the victor. Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr commented on the necessity of coercion in preserving the course of justice by warning, Moral reason must learn how to make coercion its ally without running

240-744: The Soviet Union was posthumously given, but the Gold Star medal was not awarded itself. During World War II , many countries practiced the granting of posthumous awards. In the Soviet Union, the only posthumous award that was physically awarded was the Order of the Patriotic War . All other awards were not physically awarded. Until 1977, upon the death of an awardee, all medals and awards were returned. Sports awards and titles can be awarded posthumously, for example 1970 Formula One champion Jochen Rindt , who died in

264-743: The aggression against the DRA and thereby against the Soviet Union. On 16 May 1985, the DRA's permanent representative to the United Nations sent a letter concerning this incident to the United Nations Secretary-General , which was circulated as an official document of the General Assembly and the Security Council . On 10 April 1988, the Ojhri Camp , an ammunition depot near Islamabad,

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288-408: The armory if their demands were not met. Rabbani rejected the prisoners' demands and fighting continued. On 27 April 1985 at around 8am, Rabbani's bodyguard was wounded by rockets fired by the prisoners. Rabbani prepared to attack the fortress using rockets ( 9K51 Grad ), tanks, and Pakistan Air Force helicopters. The uprising ended when the fortress was destroyed by an explosion. It is believed that

312-459: The defense minister of Russia. He said: Unfortunately, there is no basis to proceed with the application for [the] award. This is a partial list of Soviet POWs: The Russian–Kazakh movie, Peshavar Waltz (1994) was loosely based on this uprising. Крепость Бадабер (Fortress Badaber) 2018 movie. A song was written about the incident titled "Mountains of Peshawar" by the Blue Berets about

336-503: The explosion was caused by the POWs themselves, destroying a large cache of weapons. Any survivors of the explosion were dragged to the walls and killed. The identities of the prisoners are uncertain, including all 40 of the Afghan casualties. One was Nikolay Saminj, a Soviet forces junior sergeant, who was posthumously awarded Kazakhstan's Order of Valor , 3rd degree on 12 December 2003. Another

360-464: The fortress armory, took weapons and ammunition, and tried to escape. Some may have tried to capture the fortress' radio center to report their location. However, the head guard, Haist Gol, raised the alarm and prevented the escape of the prisoners. The prisoners did seize key locations within the fortress. Afghan Mujahideen, Pakistani infantry and tank units, and artillery forces of the XI Corps blockaded

384-482: The fortress from holding cells ( zindans ). The prisoners were forced to perform hard labour, for example, quarrying and loading ordnance. In 1985, 12 Soviet ( shuravi ) and 40 Afghan prisoners were held at the Badaber fortress. On 26 April 1985, at about 6 pm, only two of seventy Mujahideen guards were on duty. The others were gathered at the drill square for evening prayers ( namaz ). In an uprising, prisoners entered

408-504: The fortress. Several attempts to recapture the fortress were repelled by the prisoners. At 9 pm, Burhanuddin Rabbani , arrived at the base and negotiated with the prisoners. He suggested they surrender and their lives would be spared. The prisoners demanded a meeting with the Soviet and Afghan ambassadors to Pakistan and representatives from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement . The prisoners threatened to ignite

432-477: The risk of a Pyrrhic victory in which the ally exploits and negates the triumph. In Beauharnais v. Illinois , a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a charge proscribing group libel , Associate Justice Black alluded to Pyrrhus in his dissent , If minority groups hail this holding as their victory, they might consider the possible relevancy of this ancient remark: "Another such victory and I am undone". Posthumous recognition A posthumous award

456-558: The taking place. Yousaf Mohammad, a colonel in the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence service said: [the incident] could quickly get out of hand, or lead to international confrontation. Details of the uprising were suppressed in Pakistan until 1992 when six names of participants in the uprising were handed to Alexander Rutskoy by Shahryar Khan , the deputy minister of foreign affairs of Pakistan. On 9 May 1985,

480-440: The valiance and the honor the Soviet soldiers showed in their failed uprising. 33°57′28″N 71°34′25″E  /  33.957884°N 71.573653°E  / 33.957884; 71.573653 Pyrrhic victory The phrase originates from a quote from Pyrrhus of Epirus , whose triumph against the Romans in the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC destroyed much of his forces, forcing the end of his campaign. A "Pyrrhic victory"

504-480: The war. In both Epirote victories, the Romans suffered greater casualties, but they had a much larger pool of replacements, so the casualties had less impact on the Roman war effort than the losses had on the campaign of King Pyrrhus. The report is often quoted as: Ne ego si iterum eodem modo vicero, sine ullo milite Epirum revertar. If I achieve such a victory again, I shall return to Epirus without any soldier. or If we are victorious in one more battle with

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528-603: Was Alexandr Zverkovich, a Soviet forces private, who was posthumously memorialised on the 10th anniversary of the withdrawal of the Soviet Army from Afghanistan. According to Russian sources, between 100 and 120 Afghan Mujahideen were killed, between 40 and 90 regular Pakistani military. The Badaber fortress, its armory and its ordnance (including three 9K51 Grad multiple rocket launchers, thousands of shells and rockets, approximately forty cannons, mortars, 2 million rounds of ammunition and machine guns), and its chancellery , including

552-582: Was an armed rebellion by Soviet and Afghan prisoners of war who were being held at the Badaber fortress near Peshawar , Pakistan . The prisoners fought the Afghan Mujahideen of the Jamiat-e Islami party (who were supported by the Pakistani XI Corps and American CIA advisors) in an attempt to escape. The Badaber fortress, 24 km south of Peshawar , was a military training centre of

576-681: Was destroyed, killing 93 and injuring around 1,100 people. The cause of destruction of Ojhri Camp is disputed with some reports suggesting that Soviet Union was responsible for the destruction of the camp. On 17 August 1988, President Zia-ul-Haq's plane crashed in an incident that Pakistan suggested was caused by the Soviet KGB secret services and Afghan KhAD . In 2002, the Warriors-Internationalists Affairs Committee sent three names of uprising participants, Igor Vaskov, Nikolai Dudkin and Sergei Levchishin to Sergei Ivanov ,

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