Jul 12, 2007 - Kabul, Afghanistan - The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year (1979-1988) conflict involving Soviet forces supporting Afghanistan's Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government against the Mujahideen insurgents that were fighting to overthrow Communist rule.
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Jul 12, 2007 - Kabul, Afghanistan - The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year (1979-1988) conflict involving Soviet forces supporting Afghanistan's Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government against the Mujahideen insurgents that were fighting to overthrow Communist rule. The Soviet Union supported the government while the rebels found support from a variety of sources including the United States, Pakistan and other Muslim nations in the context of the Cold War. PICTURED: Withdrawal of russian troops from Afghanistan.Kabul airport - soviet soldiers returning home. (Credit Image: © PhotoXpress/ZUMA Press) RESTRICTIONS: FILE: 1986-1988 North and South America RIGHTS ONLY!