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Soviet Troops Withdrawal from Afghanistan
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Afghanistan civilians bid farewell to departing Soviet troops in Shindand, Afghanistan October 17, 1986.
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Soviet combat vehicles seen crossing Soviet-Afghan border as Soviet troops return home from Afghanistan. (AP Photo)
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Larisa Ladutko, 68, grieves at the grave of her son Alexander, a Soviet Army Airborne forces soldier killed in 1984 during the fighting in Afghanistan, at Chizhovskoye cemetery outside Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. (AP Photo)
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Two Soviet Army soldiers struggle to carry a heavy box full of ammunition past a Soviet military poster at a base in Kabul, Afghanistan, in Jan. 29, 1989. Preparations were underway at the base for the Soviet withdrawal from the region. (AP Photo)