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When the Soviets left Afghanistan
Afghanistan civilians bid farewell to departing Soviet troops in Shindand, Afghanistan, October 1986. Thirty years have passed since the withdrawl of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989, following a decade of war. REUTERS/Stringer Reuters / Saturday, January 10, 2009 Afghanistan civilians bid farewell to departing Soviet troops in Shindand, Afghanistan, October 1986. Thirty years have passed since the withdrawl of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989, following a decade of war. REUTERS/Stringer Close 1 / 16
A convoy of Soviet tanks wave to crowds after their arrival in Kabul from the eastern city of Jalalabad as part of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, May 1988.
A Saigon Moment in the Hindu Kush
By Pepe Escobar
For the unknown soldier
Let’s start with some stunning facts on the Afghan ground.
The Taliban are on a roll. Earlier this week their PR arm was claiming they hold 218 Afghan districts out of 421 – capturing new ones every day. Tens of districts are contested. Entire Afghan provinces are basically lost to the government in Kabul, which has been de facto reduced to administer a few scattered cities under siege.
Already on July 1, the Taliban announced they controlled 80% of Afghan territory. That’s close to the situation 20 years ago, only a few weeks before 9/11, when Commander Ahmad Shah Masoud told me in the Panjshir valley , as he prepared a counter-offensive, that the Taliban were 85% dominant.
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