MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show August 31, 2021 08:08:00
To begin. the soviet's long war in afghanistan officially ended as the last unit crossed over into ahmet river and soviet territory just before noon. lieutenant general maurice grandoff who led them to afghanistan finally left. he crossed the border with his young son. you saw that i didn't look back, he says. my thoughts are with the soldiers who pulled out before me, he added, and to those who did not get out alive. in this border town, the soldiers were told they did their patriotic duty, bravely, heroically helping the afghan people. there was no parade that they won. afghanistan has come ...