Soviet Soldier, presumed dead, found alive in Afghanistan

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Soviet Soldier, presumed dead, found alive in Afghanistan

Posted: 3/6/2013 4:08:10 AM EDT

Kind of a neat story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/05/soviet-soldier-found-living-afghanistan

A Soviet soldier who disappeared more than 30 years ago on the battlefield in Afghanistan has been found alive and well and living under the name of Sheikh Abdullah in the western Afghan city of Herat.

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According to officials, local residents rescued Khakimov from the battlefield and treated his wounds with herbs. The Soviet soldier remained with the man who helped him, and acquired medical skills. Khakimov - an ethnic Uzbek, originally from Samarkand - married a local Afghan woman and settled in the Shindand district. His wife later died. The couple had no children.

The extraordinary story follows a dogged decades-long hunt by the Committee for International Soldiers, a Moscow-based organisation largely made up of Soviet Afghan war veterans. The organisation made little progress during the 1990s, when Afghanistan was convulsed by civil war, and then ruled by the Taliban. It resumed the search following the US-led invasion of Aghanistan in 2001, stepping up its efforts in recent years.

Posted: 3/6/2013 4:10:23 AM EDT

[#1]

That actually is a "Cool Story Bro"..

Posted: 3/6/2013 4:15:26 AM EDT

[#2]

They will string him up for desertion.

Posted: 3/6/2013 4:19:08 AM EDT

[#3]

This story doesn't say but I can't help but wonder why he stayed. Perhaps had no way to contact anyone outside of A-stan?

Posted: 3/6/2013 4:20:22 AM EDT

[#4]

He looks like a really really old Christian Bale

Posted: 3/6/2013 4:23:00 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
This story doesn't say but I can't help but wonder why he stayed. Perhaps had no way to contact anyone outside of A-stan?

perhaps as an Uzbek he was not overly fond of Soviet Russia...

Posted: 3/6/2013 4:24:26 AM EDT

[#6]

Bo bergdahlski

Posted: 3/6/2013 4:28:07 AM EDT

[#7]

An Uzbek from Samarkand? He's basically home anyway. It's not like he was from Moscow

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Posted: 3/6/2013 4:32:09 AM EDT

[#8]

He must not have gave two shits about his family back home.

Posted: 3/6/2013 4:43:05 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Quoted:
This story doesn't say but I can't help but wonder why he stayed. Perhaps had no way to contact anyone outside of A-stan?

perhaps as an Uzbek he was not overly fond of Soviet Russia...

This.

There are/are plenty of Uzbeks here.

He probably felt more at at home here than there, especially if he wasn't fond of Russia(ns)...and I haven't met too many FSUians who were.

Posted: 3/6/2013 4:45:13 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Bo bergdahlski

Hey, is the Russians continued to pay & promote him like they are ole Bo, he's probably a general by now...and RICH!!!

Posted: 3/6/2013 4:54:10 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Bo bergdahlski

Hey, is the Russians continued to pay & promote him like they are ole Bo, he's probably a general by now...and RICH!!!

What's up with Bo? I am going to start a thread.

Posted: 3/6/2013 5:00:58 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Bo bergdahlski

Hey, is the Russians continued to pay & promote him like they are ole Bo, he's probably a general by now...and RICH!!!

IIRC, Soviet majors were pulling down about what US E-2s were back in 1990.

Posted: 3/6/2013 5:04:23 AM EDT

[#13]

Very cool story. Cool to see they are still trying to locate their own all these years later. Gotta respect that.

Posted: 3/6/2013 5:05:19 AM EDT

[#14]

They found him again today? sweet

Posted: 3/6/2013 5:06:05 AM EDT

[#15]

Original Thread found in GD day later.

Posted: 3/6/2013 5:07:07 AM EDT

[#16]

Nice story!!

Posted: 3/6/2013 5:17:36 AM EDT

[#17]

I am just impressed the Soviets only have around 250 MIA's from their time in Afghanistan. I would have thought that number would have been much higher.

Posted: 3/6/2013 5:40:43 AM EDT

[#18]

Back pay? Either that or a drone

Posted: 3/6/2013 9:27:52 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Bo bergdahlski

Hey, is the Russians continued to pay & promote him like they are ole Bo, he's probably a general by now...and RICH!!!

IIRC, Soviet majors were pulling down about what US E-2s were back in 1990.

Well, he does have the power of compounding working for him.

Posted: 3/6/2013 9:31:27 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Bo bergdahlski

Hey, is the Russians continued to pay & promote him like they are ole Bo, he's probably a general by now...and RICH!!!

IIRC, Soviet majors were pulling down about what US E-2s were back in 1990.

Well, he does have the power of compounding working for him.

I guess he'll be able to buy a most excellent low km Lada and a case of vodka with all his back pay.

Posted: 3/6/2013 9:52:26 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Very cool story. Cool to see they are still trying to locate their own all these years later. Gotta respect that.

Indeed.

Posted: 3/6/2013 9:58:09 AM EDT

[#22]

That has been happening to armies since time began

Posted: 3/6/2013 10:00:13 AM EDT

[#23]

Wow, both sides of the cold war issue have groups dedicated to finding those left behind.

Hope for the world.

Posted: 3/6/2013 10:01:18 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
They will string him up for desertion.

Maybe if the country he deserted from still existed.

Posted: 3/6/2013 10:01:52 AM EDT

[#25]

Hmmm....live in AssCrackistan and have some freedom, or
go back to the old Soviet Union and have even less. Tough
decision there...

Posted: 3/6/2013 10:06:12 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
This story doesn't say but I can't help but wonder why he stayed. Perhaps had no way to contact anyone outside of A-stan?

Goat poon.

Posted: 3/6/2013 10:11:56 AM EDT

[#27]

A movie that comes just a bit short

Posted: 3/6/2013 10:15:29 AM EDT

[#28]

Yup sounds like soviet surplus all right. Lose it in the dirt, find it 30 years later, and it still works

Posted: 3/6/2013 10:21:47 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:

A movie that comes just a bit short

I wonder if people regret that propaganda piece glorifying muslim terrorists now?

Posted: 3/6/2013 10:24:04 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:

That actually is a "Cool Story Bro"..

yes it is!

Posted: 3/6/2013 1:35:43 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
An Uzbek from Samarkand? He's basically home anyway. It's not like he was from Moscow

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This is the main point the MSM doesnt really mention.

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Posted: 3/6/2013 1:45:56 PM EDT

[#32]

Posted: 3/6/2013 1:48:44 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
They will string him up for desertion.

The USSR is not around anymore...neat story, kinda reminds me of those ww2 Japanese soldiers they were finding on islands into the 70's.

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