Soviet Defense Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Yazov" id="mwAXo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dmitry Yazov">Dmitry Yazov</a> orders the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan" id="mwAXs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan">Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan</a>.<sup about="#mwt166" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_7#cite_note-29" id="mwAXw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAX0">[29]</span></a></sup>
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