Invasion of Afghanistan Visual Essays

Soldiers of the Afghan War

Photographs of the first detachments of Soviet soldiers to fit in Afghanistan.

August 1979 The Author On post at the Palace of Peoples, Kabul Kandahar Smoking opium. Armored column rides through Salanga.

Afghanistan as Seen by a Soviet Soldier

These pictures were taken by a Soviet soldier in the hotly contested Jelalabad region of Afghanistan. Posted atAfghan War.

Soldiers of the Afghan Army In a kishlak (Afghan village) Zebak Village At the outer firing position
1980

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