Kazakhstan's honour guards hold medals belonging to Col. Boris Kerimbayev, 72, former Soviet Army officer and famous commander of a special forces unit, who fought during Soviet war in Afghanistan, during his funeral in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Russia and other former Soviet republics prepare to mark 30th anniversary of the Soviet Union's withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan in 1989, ending the Soviet war in Afghanistan that many now see as a necessary and largely successful endeavour.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 14.02.2019
- Date published: 15.02.2019
- Author: Timur Batyrshin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1571x1071px, 1.1Mb
- Job-ID: 3e6f07c25b64fb8b