In a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" id="mwATk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> ceremony in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva" id="mwATo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" id="mwATs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwATw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> signs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Accords_(1988)" id="mwAT0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Geneva Accords (1988)">an agreement</a> pledging to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan" id="mwAT4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan">withdraw its troops</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" id="mwAT8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Democratic Republic of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>.