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Echoes of 1989 as foreign forces leave Afghanistan
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The final warning on fine notepaper was delivered to me in the depth of a harsh Kabul winter at the peak of a Cold War conflict. I must advise you that you should leave Afghanistan without delay while normal flights are still available, advised the British chargé d affaires.
Eleven days later, on a snowy 30 January 1989, we watched the US chargé d affaires solemnly lower the stars and stripes in a simple ceremony freighted with political meaning. The last Soviet troops were pulling out within weeks, ending their disastrous decade-long Afghan engagement. An exodus of Western missions was meant to rattle the beleaguered Moscow-backed government. ....

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