ПОГРАНИЧНЫЕ ВОЙСКА КГБ СССР в АФГАНИСТАНЕ

This website is the archive of "Ob'edineniya saitev o pogranichnikah v Afganistane" (The Union of Websites about Border Guards in Afghanistan) for additions and corrections. The participation of Soviet border forces in the Afghan war is one of the most complex and heavy periods of operational-military activity for Soviet border troops throughout their existence. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, this period in the history of the country and the border troops is insufficiently reflected in print media, books, and cinematography. The emergence of border guard sites in the network provides an opportunity to fill this gap. Due to the small number of archival documents, materials were mainly collected from direct participants in military actions. Consequently, there might be some inaccuracies and discrepancies in details, subjectivity in event assessments. News of the union of websites are available. The