Rare color photos from the 1980s bring the the U.S.S.R.'s "hidden war" to light.
'Jihad By Camera': How U.S.-Trained Afghans Photographed The Soviet Invasion
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A "butterfly mine" lying in wait for a victim. Millions of the cellphone-sized devices were dropped from Soviet aircraft across Afghanistan. The jungle-colored mines were easily spotted and avoided by fighters, but many injured curious children.
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Soviet soldiers prod for land mines on a road in Afghanistan's Panjshir Province. One troop recalled, "There was no such thing as a peaceful population, they were all guerrilla fighters."
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An Afghan man wielding an Italian-made antitank mine.
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A captured identity card for a Soviet soldier named Ivan Zavarzin.