Veterans - Soviets in Afghanistan - March 31 - Pt 1

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As part of its series on veterans from some of the world's most brutal and forgotten conflicts Al Jazeera travelled to Russia.

Despite being the Soviet Union's largest military operation since the second world war, the decade-long war in Afghanistan is regarded by many as a humiliation and the Soviet 'Vietnam'.

However many veterans are still physically and psychologically damaged by their time in Afghanistan and say they do not receive adequate support upon their return.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: March 31, 2008 at 11:47 am
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Length: 00:12:29
Rating: 4.91
Views: 14537

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Video Comments:
ryanhellps3 (July 6, 2008 at 12:32 am)
I am a Sicilian American, and the Afghan history of war and oppression sounds like a war movie version of the Sicilian people.
MuslimNotAfghan (July 3, 2008 at 1:39 pm)
the Taliban was not a uniting force at all, they killed well over 1 million Afghans and divided us so much not seen in the history of their own (150 years). they were pakis not Afghan, they were getting help from Americans, British, German and French the very same people who funded them turned against the Taliban just like they did it against Sadam Hussain when they told him to invade Kuwait and when he invaded Kuwait, they attacked him and called him agrresor.
MuslimNotAfghan (July 3, 2008 at 1:26 pm)
Afghans are really the best Nation on earth, what a pity if they could have back their own name coz this is an imposed name by British who favoured the Pashtoons and changed the name to Afghanistan in 1848. 150 years ago. this great nation had fought Alexander, Changis Mongol, British empire three times, and again under the new name Afghanistan against Russians, Arabs in early 1990s and then the Taliban in late 1990s and early 2000. death to every who support the name Afghanistan
sultanmasoodbarakzai (June 22, 2008 at 2:38 am)
and look at Great Afghanistan we have the history of more then 5000 yearsssssssss.

You fuckin stinky daal khor pakistanis u should be proud of great Afghans who fought the soviat union who were the worlds second most powerful country in the world and saved u and ur ganda nation and we saved ur womennnnnnnn shame on uuuuuuuuuu pakistan have always been a slave and u guys will zinda baaaaaaaaaaaaad Graan Afghanistannnnn
AaronBank (June 28, 2008 at 10:32 pm)
And u assholes we allways be a incest and goat fucking TRIBES which is liveing in a prehistorical age like animals
sultanmasoodbarakzai (June 22, 2008 at 2:37 am)
U all fuckin pakis u fuckin cuntsssss wash ur fucking dirty stinkyyy mouths and then talk abt great Afghanistan u mother fuckers u fuckin wankers do guys even know who afghans and pathans r??? u son of a bitch, pathans are afghans the 13 million pathans who r in between afghanistan and chatalistan e pakistan lol they r all afghans. Shame on pakistan u guys do not even have history ur history is just 57 years old looooool thats a big shameeeeeeeee lol.
ibmsony101 (June 21, 2008 at 7:00 pm)
Americans are blithering idiots because they strayed away from the isolationist principles of their founding fathers in avoiding international entanglements. A few nukes were a sufficient answer to Bin Laden and his followers, reducing their mountainous hideouts to valleys.
zrvpvo8789 (June 21, 2008 at 7:19 pm)
Didn't you say Americans were better people?
How is it goes together with vaporazing Afghanistan?
Why don't you just STFU?
zrvpvo8789 (June 21, 2008 at 6:57 pm)
Seems like you have your head showeved so far up your ass that your seeing a whole different world from there. Where do you come with all that shit that you write and post?
zrvpvo8789 (June 21, 2008 at 6:56 pm)
'it was not the U.S. duty to help the Afghans after the war'
This is the major mistake Americans deeply regret yoo MORON!