In May 1988, after 8 years of fighting there, the Soviet army began withdrawing from this country
In May 1979, British political scientist Fred Halliday observed that 
probably .... Soviet troops began to arrive in Afghanistan around the 8th of the 
month  to what... [DOC] [TLE] UNGOMAP: United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan ... [PAR] More than 100,000 Soviet troops were eventually deployed; they soon ... 
unconditional and total withdrawal of the foreign troops from Afghanistan.