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Afghanistan: The Long War

Aug 21, 2009 - Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - A corroded and abandoned Russian artillery piece in a Russian military vehicle graveyard located in the Afghan Army (ANA) 2 Corp area in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The Afghan landscape is littered with the remains of Russian military vehicles after the decade long war with the Soviets in the 1980's resulted in them withdrawing in defeat fueling the legend that Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)

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Aug 21, 2009 - Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - A corroded and abandoned Russian artillery piece in a Russian military vehicle graveyard located in the Afghan Army (ANA) 2 Corp area in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The Afghan landscape is littered with the remains of Russian military vehicles after the decade long war with the Soviets in the 1980's resulted in them withdrawing in defeat fueling the legend that Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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