The third of Hoot [solar calendar] which is also called the night of Allahuakbar [God is Great] marked the start of the Kabul uprising against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, which was backed by the former Soviet Union.

45 years have passed but Kabul residents still have memories of the fight and recounted them to TOLOnews.

“People of Kabul wanted full freedom, then and now. On that night, the communists took our youth with themselves and imprisoned them and then killed them,” said Sayed Hossain, a Kabul resident.

“The night that the Allahuakbar uprising started from Chanadwul of Kabul, it led to a country-wide uprising against the Soviet Union. This was the start of a new chapter,” said Juma Khan, another Kabul resident.

The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman called the day "historic," as it led to the defeat of Russians and their communist government in Afghanistan.

“The Third of Hoot was the uprising day of Kabul people who stood against a foreign transgression by chanting Allahuakbar. They showed that Afghan people want freedom, independence and Islam and imposed ideas are not acceptable,” said Zabiullah Mujahid, the spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate.

In 1980, former Soviet Union forces attacked Afghanistan by air and land.
Two months later, on the third of Hoot, Kabul people started an uprising that spread to the entire country.