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Prisoner of war in Afghanistan = deserter? The first Soviet prisoners of war in the Afghan war The first Soviet prisoner of war in Afghanistan — what happened to him? Who was this man and why is a Soviet prisoner of war who survived a deserter for his homeland? How did the Soviet army in Afghanistan and the Afghan mujahideen treat those they captured, and why was the Soviet Union less interested in rescuing them than the Red Cross? Memories of the war in Afghanistan and stories from life while the fighting was going on, shared by prisoners of war and journalists of that time — in a new episode on the NewSoldat channel. While the Soviet troops were in Afghanistan, many of our soldiers ended up in the mujahideen camp for various reasons. Some of them blended in with the local population, while the Afghan war forced others to fight against their former comrades. Almost always, being captured was called desertion, and Soviet prisoners of war who arrived in Afghanistan at the behest of their homeland could not return. The first to be captured by the mujahideen was 19-year-old tanker Valery Didenko, back in 1981 (that is, almost two years after the war in Afghanistan began and Soviet troops were brought in). In fact, the question remains open: was he really the first soldier from the time of the Soviet campaign in Afghanistan who fell into the hands of the mujahideen? After all, the war had already been going on for two years at that time... One way or another, Didenko was, at a minimum, the first Soviet soldier in the hands of the mujahideen who was captured by Western journalists. Which later saved his life. Also watch other videos on our channel: Heroes of the Afghan War: What You Didn't Know? Feats and stories from life • Heroes of the Afghan war: what you don't know... The youngest hero of Russia ???? This feat of a tanker SAVED 80 PEACEKEEPERS! • The youngest hero of Russia ???? This under... The first Chechen war: how militants fed a captured GRU major and released him • The first Chechen war: how militants p... Subscribe to my social networks: Add me as a friend, subscribe to my page on VKontakte - https://vk.com/newsoldat24 Join my group on VKontakte, where you will find more interesting things about the real heroes of our time - http://newsoldat.ru/vk Odnoklassniki, where you can find interesting facts about the Russian army - http://newsoldat.ru/ok Facebook, where you will find materials about the secrets of special forces and military equipment of Russia - http://newsoldat.ru/fb Cooperation and advertising - http://newsoldat.ru/ Should a deserter have the right to return to his homeland?