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Title:USSR-Afghanistan: First Soldiers Leading Soviet Withdrawal From Afghanistan Arrive Home
Date:18th May 1988
Summary:The first 1,200 soldiers leading the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan arrived in the Russian border town of Termez on May 18 to a welcome from cheering crowds and a fanfare from military bandsmen. Moscow agreed to withdraw all of its estimated 115,000 troops from Afghanistan over nine months from May 15.
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Location:USSR CCCP UZBEKISTAN AFGHANISTAN TERMEZ
Reuters ID:LDL0011MNRI97
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