For a comparison: the dignified Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan - leaving behind a regime that then held to power for 3 years (actually surviving the Soviet Union itself) - Kotaku In Action 2

For a comparison: the dignified Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan - leaving behind a regime that then held to power for 3 years (actually surviving the Soviet Union itself) (youtu.be)

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– SupremeReader [S] 2 points 3 years ago +2 / -0

Gromov wrote about this too. Afghan officers didn't distribute most stuff left behind among their soldiers, just sold it.

But didn't collapse for years anyway.

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– ailurus 2 points 3 years ago +2 / -0

Yep, did a lot better than the US backed one. Ghani's now fleeing the country, and some people are saying he's resigned. Commies got 3 years, US didn't even get 3 weeks.

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– SupremeReader [S] 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

America (and others) got less then zero, because now they're still there just trapped.

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