Photos Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan

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Afghan mujaheddin armed with a FIM-92 Stinger scan the sky for Soviet aircraft

 

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A Soviet soldier from the 345th Guards Airborne Regiment lights a flare at the top of a mountain, during the Soviet-Afghan War, 1980's

 

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Aftermath of Su-25 Getting Hit by the Stinger Missile During Soviet-Afghan War

 

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Soviet helicopter flying past one of the Buddhas of Bamiyan during Soviet war in Afghanistan.

 

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[peping]

its a shame the Buddas of Bamiyan were destroyed by the Taliban..

 

[vonFeilitzsch]

Totally agree...savages

 

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Mil-24 helicopters in low elevation flight over a soviet convoy in Afghanistan

 

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Soviet Spetsnaz GRU operatives riding an armed Toyota pickup, captured from the mujahideen, during the Soviet-Afghan war 1980s

 

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Soviet troops of 32nd Company VDV, with AK-74s, a night-vision scope, and a BG-15, Afghan War, early 1980s

 

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Afghan mujaheddin in Logar province, Afghanistan, 1984. During the Soviet-Afghan War.

 

[TIGREDELAIRE]

precious the landscape, unfortunately captured in those circumstances

 

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Soviet-Afghan War, 345th Guards Airborne Regiment marksman.

 

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Talking with Baluchi tribe, Afghanistan, 1986

 

[Bombardier]

@vonFeilitzsch great photos but please insert more photos into one post, you can insert up to 20 into one post

Thank you

 

[TIGREDELAIRE]

someone urgently requires a supply of socks ...
out of jest, the photographs are simply spectacular, that conflict is very little known and the little that has come to light is through documentaries and some movies, everything they can share will be very well received and appreciated in advance.

 

[FoxBat]

those are some interesting photos indeed. the afgahanistan war was america's payback for vietnam . they say empires go to afghanistan to get buried.

 

[FoxBat]

every nation in here (the mid east) has one trump card . with the former afghanistan it was their american donated stinger missiles . with iran it is the coastal silk worm missiles over the hormuz straight .. the rest of their military hardware is for show .