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Wikipedia: The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a ten-year conflict involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan at their own request against the Islamist Mujahideen Resistance. The mujahideen found other support from a variety of sources including the United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt and other Muslim nations through the context of the Cold War. The initial of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began on December 24, 1979 under Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
![[Soviet T-62M main battle tank withdraws from Afghanistan]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/T_62_withdraws_from_Afghanistan_s.jpg "Soviet T-62M main battle tank withdraws from Afghanistan")
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![[Afghans celebrating the holiday in 2007.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/AfghanAirForce1_s.jpg "Afghans celebrating the holiday in 2007.")
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![[Mujahideen with two captured artillery field guns in Jaji Maydan, 1984.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/August_1984_captured_field_guns_in_Jaji_2C_Paktia_s.jpg "Mujahideen with two captured artillery field guns in Jaji Maydan, 1984.")
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![[Two Soviet T55 tanks left by the Soviet army during their withdrawal lie rusting in a field near Bagram Air Base,...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/T_54A_and_T_55_at_Bagram_Air_Base_s.jpg "Two Soviet T55 tanks left by the Soviet army during their withdrawal lie rusting in a field near Bagram Air Base,...")
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![[Mujahideen in Asmar, Afghanistan]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/August_1985_Muja.jpg "Mujahideen in Asmar, Afghanistan")
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![[Soviet soldier in Afghanistan, 1988.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Evstafiev_Soviet_soldier_Afghanistan_s.jpg "Soviet soldier in Afghanistan, 1988.")
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![[Mujahideen in Kunar, Afghanistan]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mortar_attack_on_Shigal_Tarna_garrison_2C_Kunar_Province_2C_87_s.jpg "Mujahideen in Kunar, Afghanistan")
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