On February 15, 1989, the Soviet Union finished the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan. The Soviet military presence in this Central Asian country lasted almost ten years and cost the lives of almost 15,000 Soviet servicemen. 20 years on the war in Afghanistan still rages on this time between the NATO coalition and mujaheddin movement known as the Taliban.
Well be talking about the Afghan war with its eyewitness and veteran Aleksandr Kovalyov, who is also the First Deputy Chairman of the Central Administration of the Russian Union of Afghan War Veterans.