Soviet and Afghan aircraft have had to fly higher and ... By contrast, he said, the Afghan troops were in rags, their uniforms torn and dirty. The Soviets recently trumpeted their success in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered ... they’re copying Steve Jobs and showing up to the office in uniforms ...