Kazakh honour guards stand next to the coffin of Col. Boris Kerimbayev, 72, Soviet Army officer and famous commander of a special forces unit, who against fought during Soviet war in Afghanistan, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Russia prepares 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.
- Event date: 14.02.2019
- Date published: 15.02.2019
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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