The Civil War in Afghanistan (1978–present), also known as the Afghan Civil War and several other names, was a civil war in Afghanistan. The civil war started when the Communist Party of Afghanistan took all political power in Afghanistan on 27 April 1978. This event led indirectly to the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.
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Soviet Union
Sergei Sokolov
Valentin Varennikov
Boris Gromov
Afghanistan
Babrak Karmal (PDPA)
Mohammad Najibullah (PDPA)
Abdul Rashid Dostum (PDPA)
Burhanuddin Rabbani (Islamic State)
Ahmed Shah Massoud † (Islamic State)
Mohammed Fahim (Islamic State)
Bismillah Khan (Islamic Republic)
NATO forces
Tommy Franks (CENTCOM)
John P. Abizaid (CENTCOM)
William J. Fallon (CENTCOM)
Martin Dempsey (CENTCOM)
David Petraeus (CENTCOM)
David Richards (ISAF)
Dan McNeill (ISAF)
Mauro del Vecchio (ISAF)
David D. McKiernan (ISAF)
Egon Ramms (NATO)
Al-Qaeda
Osama bin Laden
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Mustafa Abu al-Yazid
Jihad rebels
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Abdul Haq
Ismail Khan
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Jalaluddin Haqqani
Abdullah Azzam
Jalaluddin Haqqani
Tohir Yo‘ldosh
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Baitullah Mehsud (KIA)
Taliban
Mohammed Omar
Obaidullah Akhund (POW)
Mullah Dadullah (KIA)
Mullah Bakht Mohammed (POW)
Jalaluddin Haqqani