Opalev served as a captain in the Soviet army as it ... at the Union of Veterans of Afghanistan's office in central Moscow, where he pulls out the decorated uniform he wears for ceremonies and ...

Amin was in power for 104 days before he was assassinated by KGB agents wearing uniforms of the Afghan Revolutionary Central Committee, according to the CIA document, “Predicting the Soviet ...

The Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the US and its ...

The Soviet war in Afghanistan lasted more than nine years ... There were burly veterans, middle-aged women and children in the tan uniforms and red berets of the Young Army patriotic movement.

The fact that the Soviets were using large numbers of their older tanks did not inherently mean that they were likely to lose ...

Take the final days of the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan in 1989 ... where he pulls out the decorated uniform he wears for ceremonies and occasional talks at schools. Explaining the Soviet ...

The Soviet war in Afghanistan lasted more than nine years ... There were burly veterans, middle-aged women and children in the tan uniforms and red berets of the Young Army patriotic movement.

Over half a million Soviet troops served in Afghanistan between 1979 and 1989 ... where he pulls out the decorated uniform he wears for ceremonies and occasional talks at schools.