A decade of conflict neared its end in 1989 as Soviet tanks left Kabul
A long and bitter decade of warfare began its final chapter in 1989 when the last Soviet armored columns rolled out of Kabul, marking the end of a transformative conflict.
The departure of Soviet tanks from Kabul in 1989 signaled the effective end of a nine-year intervention that had profoundly impacted the Cold War. As the last armored column crossed the border, the Soviet Union left behind a nation forever changed by the intensity of the fighting.
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