Russia Joins the War in Afghanistan

[Stan]

Quick Google found this article on a Russian hospital being airlifted in to Bagram and then errected in Kabul:

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/de...afgh-d03.shtml (fitst unusual source found and fits in with the time scale 2001).

davidbfpo

Thanks for the research efforts, David !
The sight of IL-76s on the tarmac unloading cargo were such common place, that we rarely gave the Russian aircraft and ground transportation another thought.