The monument to a Soviet serviceman who was killed during the Afghan War, at Salang Pass, Afghanistan.20.04.2013#1464696
Fifty-seven-year-old Usman Khodzhi, who fought on the Soviet side during the Afghan War, in the town of Puli Khumri, Afghanistan.20.04.2013#1464688
Sufii Payanda, former mujahiddin and field commander during the war with Soviet troops in Afghanistan, in the town of Puli Khumri, Afghanistan.20.04.2013#1464687
Sufii Payanda, former mujahiddin and field commander during the war with Soviet troops in Afghanistan, in the town of Puli Khumri, Afghanistan.20.04.2013#1464685
Sufii Payanda, right, former mujahiddin and field commander during the war with Soviet troops in Afghanistan, and Valery Voshchevoz, Afghan war veteran and battalion commander, in the town of Puli Khumri, Afghanistan.20.04.2013#1464684
Sufii Payanda, former mujahiddin and field commander during the war with Soviet troops in Afghanistan, in the town of Puli Khumri, Afghanistan.20.04.2013#1464717
Former mujahiddin Nasim Azimi, right, 57-seven-year-old Usman Khodzhi, left, and 50-year-old Gulrakhman Nuri, center, in the village of Khinjan, Afghanistan.19.04.2013#1464713
Usman Khodzhi, who fought on the Soviet side during the Afghan War, and Valery Voshchevoz, right, Afghan war veteran and battalion commander, during a meeting with his battlefield friends in the village of Khinjan, Afghanistan.19.04.2013#1464711
Former mujahiddin Nasim Azimi, center, and Gulrakhman Nuri, left, with their relatives in the village of Khinjan, Afghanistan.19.04.2013#1464710
Valery Voshchevoz, Afghan war veteran and battalion commander, during a meeting with his battlefield friends in the village of Khinjan, Afghanistan.19.04.2013#1464708
Afghan War (1979-1989). Soviet internationalist soldiers in the liberated settlement of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (now the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan).01.07.1988#8321101
The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Members of the conference "Ways of peaceful settlement of the Afghani conflict" visit the captured weapons exposition. The Afghani war of 1979-1988.14.05.1988#3184398
The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. "Ways of peaceful settlement of the Afghani conflict" conference. The Afghani war of 1979-1988.14.05.1988#3184396
Family transport in Herat. Republic of Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan).15.04.1988#2908779
Yury Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988). Afghan cosmonaut and researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand, center, and his backup Mohammad Dauran in the cockpit of a simulator spacecraft.02.03.1988#6610592
A communications crew of the Soviet troops limited contingent in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan).01.01.1988#2878652
Armenian SSR. Afghani writer Azam Zaryab next to the Mesrop Mashtots monument found by the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan.29.10.1987#5765282
Armenian SSR. Afghani writer Azam Zaryab in the museum of the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan.26.10.1987#5765287
A football friendly between Soviet and Afghan soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (today Islamic Republic of Afghanistan).10.10.1986#6624220
Soldiers of the Soviet troops limited contingent in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) during a rest break in Nangarhar Province.01.06.1985#2878657
Military equipment of the Soviet troops limited contingent on the Jalalabad-Kabul road in the Tangi Abrishom Gorge, Nangarhar Province.01.06.1985#2878655
Soldiers of the Soviet troops limited contingent in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) during a technical stop in Nangarhar Province.01.06.1985#2878650
Nationwide exhibition, Camera Lens and Life. Work by photographer G. Nadezhdina, Revolution Fighters.07.08.1984#5678856
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (now the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan). Afghan military, combat crew of the Soviet DShK heavy machine gun during exercises.01.06.1983#8231813
A journalist delegation from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in the Georgian SSR. Afghani journalist Ahmadshah Rasta.21.05.1982#6701443
A journalist delegation from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in the Georgian SSR. Afghani journalists are seen during a tour in the Museum of the Georgian Komsomol History in Tbilisi.21.05.1982#6701441
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Soviet architects help their Afghani colleagues to implement the Kabul development plan.18.05.1982#6699283
Soviet and Afghani architects at the urban development department in Kabul, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.10.09.1981#6698255
Pioneers in a summer camp located at the Kabul Polytechnic Institute built in cooperation with the USSR, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.18.06.1981#6687869
Pioneers in a summer camp located at the Kabul Polytechnic Institute built in cooperation with the USSR, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.18.06.1981#6687867
A visit of the Afghani governmental delegation to the USSR. Photo: Interim Prime Minister of Afghanistan Abdullah Yaqta (Abdullah Yaftali) during talks with Vladimir Novikov, second left, Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers.01.09.1967#2876999
During the internal war in Afghanistan in the 1920s the Soviet Union supported the national patriotic movement (the Young Afghans) headed by Amir Amanullah Khan by supplying weapons, munitions and military equipment. The presence of Soviet specialists was tangible in various areas of Afghanistan's economic, public and cultural life. Soviet film-makers shoot a documentary in Kabul.19.09.1928#6640018
During the internal war in Afghanistan in the 1920s the Soviet Union supported the national patriotic movement (the Young Afghans) headed by Amir Amanullah Khan by supplying weapons, munitions and military equipment. The presence of Soviet specialists was tangible in various areas of Afghanistan's economic, public and cultural life. A delegation of the Soviet photo cimenatographic state agency and the Soviet Cinema Studios in Kabul.19.09.1928#6640013
During the internal war in Afghanistan in the 1920s the Soviet Union supported the national patriotic movement (the Young Afghans) headed by Amir Amanullah Khan by supplying weapons, munitions and military equipment. The presence of Soviet specialists was tangible in various areas of Afghanistan's economic, public and cultural life. The opening of a new school in Kabul.01.09.1925#6640012
During the internal war in Afghanistan in the 1920s the Soviet Union supported the national patriotic movement (the Young Afghans) headed by Amir Amanullah Khan by supplying weapons, munitions and military equipment. Soviet specialists help build a telegraph line.01.09.1925#6640011
During the internal war in Afghanistan in the 1920s the Soviet Union supported the national patriotic movement (the Young Afghans) headed by Amir Amanullah Khan by supplying weapons, munitions and military equipment. Soviet specialists help build a telegraph line.01.09.1925#6640009
Soviet supplies of weapons, munitions and military equipment to Afghanistan. In September 1924, six R-1 reconnaissance airplanes were delivered by air from Tashkent to Kabul via the Hindu Kush Range. R-1 is the first Soviet mass-produced airplane designed by Nikolai Polikarpov. The Soviet pilots were instructed to support the troops of the Afghan ruler Amir Amanullah Khan during an internal Afghan war. Locals light bonfires to orient the Soviet pilots.15.09.1924#6640010
Soviet supplies of weapons, munitions and military equipment to Afghanistan. In September 1924, six R-1 reconnaissance airplanes were delivered by air from Tashkent to Kabul via the Hindu Kush Range. R-1 is the first Soviet mass-produced airplane designed by Nikolai Polikarpov. The Soviet pilots were instructed to support the troops of the Afghan ruler Amir Amanullah Khan during an internal Afghan war. Amir Amanullah Khan, left, stands near a Soviet airplane.15.09.1924#6640007
Soviet supplies of weapons, munitions and military equipment to Afghanistan. In September 1924, six R-1 reconnaissance airplanes were delivered by air from Tashkent to Kabul via the Hindu Kush Range. R-1 is the first Soviet mass-produced airplane designed by Nikolai Polikarpov. The Soviet pilots were instructed to support the troops of the Afghan ruler Amir Amanullah Khan during an internal Afghan war.15.09.1924#6640006
During the internal war in Afghanistan in the 1920s the Soviet Union supported the national patriotic movement (the Young Afghans) headed by Amir Amanullah Khan by supplying weapons, munitions and military equipment. A Soviet diplomatic mission to Afghanistan.20.06.1924#6640008
