Soviet Soldier Missing Since 1980 Found Alive in Afghanistan

A platoon of Soviet army soldiers wearing their winter boots march by a Soviet transport plane on Jan. 24, 1989. During the Soviet Union’s 1980 invasion of Afghanistan, Bakhredtin Khakimov went missing. His whereabouts have finally been revealed 33 years later. The Warriors-Internationalists Affairs Committee, a non-profit based in Moscow, tracked down Khakimov in Afghanistan.

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