Red Army soldiers are welcomed with flowers in Termez, Uzbekistan, after crossing the Amu Darya river at the Soviet- Afghan border on February 15, 1989 during Soviet Army withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 to shore up the pro- Soviet regime in Kabul and maintained more than 100,000 troops in the country until completing their phased withdrawal in 1989. (Photo by Vitaly Armand/AFP Photo)
