The lasting saga of “24 Fishes” is a turning point in the history of Afghanistan

According to the regional office of Tasnim news agency, the first move A massive public uprising on 24 Hut/Isfand 1357, about a month after the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, and under the influence of it, the people of Herat Province rose up against the tyranny of the communist government and the handiwork of the West.

The popular uprising of Herat province, which started from the villages and cities of the center of this province, was the first large-scale popular uprising against the communist government of this country, which, despite the suppression and martyrdom of thousands of people, was the foundation of subsequent uprisings and the crushing of the Soviet army to the teeth of the armed forces and defeat. The super power of the East became in Afghanistan. /1396/12/24/1396122411162550113635464.jpg”/>

This uprising took place on Thursday morning while in May 1357 the Afghan government supported by the Soviet Union and suppressed It was widely established and people left cities and villages for Herat.

The mass killing by the communist regime could not extinguish the fire of people’s anger and people died at dawn the next day. With the sound of Takbeer Allahu Akbar, they once again came to the streets and, joined by the crowd of people who had joined them from other cities, they succeeded in capturing parts of the city.

The fear of further advance of the popular forces caused the communist government to intensify the repression, so more planes flew from the “Shindand” airbase of Herat province to massacre the people.

Some statistics of the total number of martyrs of this uprising, which lasted for five days, are between 24,000 and 26,000.

The killing of people ended with the suppression of the uprising. It was not found, and the soviet puppet government started house-to-house inspections. Even those who were possibly involved in this uprising were martyred and mass graves were filled with the bodies of the martyrs of this uprising.

The uprising of 24 Hutts in Herat, in addition to setting the stage for subsequent uprisings, was the removal of the mask of communism and the disclosure of its true face, which was accompanied by killings. The people showed that their slogans of a democratic, classless and progressive society were nothing more than a lie. to fall into the arms of the Soviets and thus on 6th of Jadi (December) 1358, several thousands of Red Army troops occupied the territory of Afghanistan with heavy combat equipment. And more light and heavy war equipment could not overcome the opinion and anti-colonial spirit of the Muslim people of Afghanistan and the occupation of this country by the Soviet Union did not last long like the powers before it.

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