Soviet-Afghan War 1979-89

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Russia was invited in by the communist Afghan government to help them fight the Mujahideen guerrillas.
Finally, after ten years (and 15,000 Soviet dead) with no end in sight, the Soviets decided to get out of Afghanistan.


THE SOVIETS MOVE IN

 

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Mujahideen

 

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Afgh village destroyed by Soviets

 

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Mujahideen

 

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Captured Russian guns

 

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Russian wrecks

 

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In this April 1988 photo, Soviet soldiers observe the highlands, while fighting Islamic guerrillas at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan.-

 

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Two Soviet soldiers taken prisoner by the Afghan resistance forces loyal to the fundamentalist faction of Hezb-i-Islami in yje Afghan province of Zabul in Sep 1981.

 

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Cleanliness of broken images. -

 

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Afghan militia during the conflict

 

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New cleaning of lost images.

 

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During the soviet invasion of Afghanistan, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter of the Soviet Air Force flying past one of the Buddhas of Bamiyan, later destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

 

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A troop of Muslim rebels, east of Kabul, on Feb 21, 1980.

 

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Afghan National soldier carrying RPG rounds and wearing a Soviet helmet.

 

[mTk]

Looks like my neighbor. Hmm.

 

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..."The last Soviet unit stands stationary during a military parade on the tarmac of Kabul airport, just before leaving Afghanistan for the last time on Feb. 13, 1989"...

 

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Young Afghan boy observing an unexploded bomb dropped by Russian forces. July, 1989

 

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Soviet soldiers get fresh newspapers and mail.

 

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Soviet soldier in Kabul.