The Soviets experienced the ferocity of the irreducible Afghans, with similar intensity as the British Empire itself had suffered a century before. After nine years of a Soviet invasion that began in 1979, the last leader of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, decided to put an end to an adventure that was bleeding his army and his already battered economy. On May 15, 1988, the withdrawal of the Kremlin forces began.
But that did not stop the bleeding: the mujahideen, emboldened by the smell of their wounded rival, dedicated themselves to harassing the Red Army until the last moment when, nine months later, the Soviet general in command sadly crossed an Afghan border bridge and withdrew his troops. to Uzbekistan.
