AFGHANISTAN: U.S., Afghans celebrate victory over Soviets

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To know where you’re going, sometimes it helps to remember where you’ve been, right?

And so 200 Americans and Afghans gathered in Nangarhar province to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Union fleeing Afghanistan.

Many of the Afghans had fought against the Soviets -- with clandestine help from America. The session came as U.S. and NATO forces, and the Afghans, are battling a resurgent Taliban.

‘We were allies then, we are allies now,’ said Michael Sears, the U.S. State Department representative to the provincial reconstruction team in Nangarhar.

-- Tony Perry in San Diego