Table of contents:
- 1. Soviet tanks
- 2. Afghan combat helicopter
- 3. Refugees on the goat trail
- 4. Mujahideen
- 5. Muslim rebels with AK-47
- 6. Soviet troops
- 7. A detachment of Muslim rebels
- 8. Reconnaissance of the area
- 9. Captured Soviet soldiers
- 10. Downed Soviet Mi-8 helicopter
- 11. Ahmad Shah Massoud surrounded by mujahideen
- 12. Rebel
- 13. Partisan with the American Stinger complex
- 14. In the center of Kabul
- 15. View of the destroyed village
Video: Unique retro photographs taken during the fighting during the war in Afghanistan
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
For 10 years of war, Afghanistan passed at least three million people from the post-Soviet space, of which 800 thousand participated in hostilities. This war still resonates with pain not only in Afghan families, but also in the families of all those who had to fulfill their international duty far from their homeland. This review contains interesting photos that can tell a lot about those terrible days of the war.
1. Soviet tanks
2. Afghan combat helicopter
3. Refugees on the goat trail
4. Mujahideen
5. Muslim rebels with AK-47
6. Soviet troops
7. A detachment of Muslim rebels
8. Reconnaissance of the area
9. Captured Soviet soldiers
10. Downed Soviet Mi-8 helicopter
11. Ahmad Shah Massoud surrounded by mujahideen
12. Rebel
13. Partisan with the American Stinger complex
14. In the center of Kabul
15. View of the destroyed village
Continuing the topic unique photographs taken in Afghanistan in the middle of the 20th century … There were times when there was a peaceful life in this country.
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