Posts Tagged ‘Soviet soldiers’

Forever Captive? Photographer’s story of Soviet soldiers who never returned from Afghanistan

Hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers had taken part in the decade-long Afghan war before the Soviet Union pulled out its troops in 1989. Dozens of them, captured in battles by the mujahedeen, eventually failed to return and integrated into Afghan society. The figures pertaining to those who never returned differ. According to official statistics, […]

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