Witness History: Archive 2012 - The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

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On 15 February 1989, the last Soviet soldiers rolled out of Afghanistan.

It was nine years since they had first been ordered in.

They left behind a country which would soon descend into civil war.

(Photo credit: Vitaly Arman/AFP/Getty Images)

Published on Wednesday, 15th February 2012.

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