"Afghanistan forever": a film about a war that can not be forgotten / Kazan 2018 / 4K
June 2, 2018 in Kazan was a presentation of a documentary film "Afghanistan forever" with the participation of war veterans of the Republic of Afghanistan. In late 2017 a group of veterans of military operations in the Republic of Afghanistan arrived in Kabul with a mission of people's diplomacy. A documentary film-diary "Afghanistan Forever" about a trip to the country where there was once a war, and now the friendly relations of the peoples are renewed. Director of the film Alexander Kabanov (Moscow), film operator Alexander Chikov (Moscow), veterans of military operations from the Republic of Tatarstan and other regions of Russia take part in the film.
The presentation of the film is timed to the military memorial events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the Republic of Afghanistan.
In the video there are fragments from the film.
Historical reference.
The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan began on May 15, 1988, in accordance with the Geneva Agreements concluded on April 14, 1988 on the political settlement of the situation around the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The Soviet Union undertook to withdraw its contingent in a nine-month period, that is, until February 15, 1989, with half of the troops to be withdrawn within the first 3 months, that is, until August 15, 1988. In the first three months of Afghanistan, 50,183 military personnel . Another 50,100 people returned to the USSR between August 15, 1988 and February 15, 1989.
In early November 1988, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan was suspended in connection with the sharply intensified offensives of the dushmans (mujahideen), in particular, the massive rocket attacks on Kabul. After that, in the second half of November and December 1988, the situation in Afghanistan somewhat stabilized, but the Soviet leadership refrained from any statements about whether the withdrawal of the Soviet troops would be carried out to the end, or the military operations in Afghanistan would be continued. In January 1989, Afghanistan was visited by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, E. A. Shevardnadze. The final decision on the complete withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan was adopted at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee on January 25, 1989 and published the next day with the formulation of the Soviet Union will remain faithful to the Geneva agreements. After that, the Minister of Defense of the USSR DT Yazov arrived in Kabul with a visit. The final operation for the withdrawal of troops took place in late January - first half of February 1989.
The operation for the withdrawal of troops was constantly attacked by the dushmans (mujahideen). According to the Washington Post, only 523 Soviet soldiers were killed during this period.
On February 15, 1989, Lieutenant-General B. Gromov, according to the official version, became the last Soviet serviceman crossing the Bridge of Friendship between the two countries. In fact, the territory of Afghanistan remained as Soviet servicemen who were captured by the dushmans (mujahideen), and units of border guards covering the withdrawal of troops and returned to the territory of the USSR only in the afternoon of February 15. The KGB frontier guards carried out tasks to protect the Soviet-Afghan border by separate units in Afghanistan until April 1989.
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