Photos Soviet-Afghan War 1979-1989

RisingStar · May 23, 2023

Female members of the Afghanistan Liberation Organization, a faction of anti-Soviet Maoists, out training their combat skills.

SamWell · Jun 16, 2023

Mujahedeens armed with Bren and Zb vz.-26 machine guns,circa early 80s

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RisingStar · Jun 20, 2023

Soviet paratrooper with a captured Thompson SMG.

BravoZulu · Jul 9, 2023

BravoZulu · Jul 9, 2023

Kabul Air Base, Afghanistan, January of 1989

RisingStar · Jul 13, 2023

Soviet and Afghan soldiers examining an old signaling cannon (October 1981)

dan_inbox · Jul 23, 2023

Иван Феоктистов said:
At the site of the battle, the search group later discovered Mikhail Tabakov's pouch and a grenade, on which, before going out on a mission, he wrote: "Death to the Afghan fascists."

No disrespect intended, but in the West this kind of stories became ridiculous before I was born. Even our grandmothers would not even try to impress a 5-years old with so primitive propaganda.
I understand that you probably only reprinted the caption that you found with the picture.
My question to you is: would young Russians of the 21th century still swallow such tales, or would they see through it and laugh at the politruk ?

BravoZulu · Aug 8, 2023

Soviet soldier waves goodbye as he's about to return home after completing his tour of duty in Afghanistan (1986)

RisingStar · Aug 9, 2023

Soviet troops on a BTR have a friendly wave with two Afghan children on a donkey as their convoy passes through a highway.

RisingStar · Aug 22, 2023

Soviet soldier cosplaying the iconic gear up scene from Commando.

BravoZulu · Aug 26, 2023

Soviet convoy on the move in Panjshir, Afghanistan, August 1988

BravoZulu · Aug 26, 2023

Soviet column from 345 OPDP (Detached Airborne Regiment) on route to Kabul from Bagram Air Base, 1987-88

BravoZulu · Aug 28, 2023

Afghan mujahideen fighters stocking up on new weapons at a gun shop in the neighboring city of Peshawar, Pakistan, to be used against the Soviets later (1980s)

BravoZulu · Aug 28, 2023

Twenty-Year-Old Arifa, a member of the pro-government Women's Unit, guarding their village from mujahideen, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, 1987

RisingStar · Aug 30, 2023

Olga Capatina, a female Spetsnaz operative from Moldova, alongside her comrade in 1987. One of the few female operatives who took part in direct combat operations in Afghanistan.

RisingStar · Sep 3, 2023

Soviet soldier reunites with his family after finally withdrawing from Afghanistan (1989)

RisingStar · Sep 12, 2023

Ahmad Shah Massoud with his fighters.

BravoZulu · Sep 18, 2023

Soviet soldiers in the mountains of Afghanistan, sometime between 1986-1988

RisingStar · Oct 14, 2023

Soviet troops gathered around a fire.

droopy · Oct 14, 2023

RisingStar said:
Soviet soldier cosplaying the iconic gear up scene from Commando.
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I wonder how and if they saw the movie. I had it on VHS when i was a kid, but that was in the 90s. Maybe they had a magazine smuggled in ?

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