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051262 44: (NO NEWSWEEK - NO USNEWS) Afghans cheer as Soviet troops leave May 15, 1988 in Kabul, Afghanistan. In May 1988 Afghanistan, Pakistan, the USSR, and the United States signed agreements providing for an end to foreign intervention in Afghanistan, and the USSR began withdrawing its forces. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Liaison)

051262 44: (NO NEWSWEEK - NO USNEWS) Afghans cheer as Soviet troops leave May 15, 1988 in Kabul, Afghanistan. In May 1988 Afghanistan, Pakistan, the USSR, and the United States signed agreements providing for an end to foreign intervention in Afghanistan, and the USSR began withdrawing its forces. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Liaison)