<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet–Afghan_War" id="mwAS0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet–Afghan War</a>: After more than eight years of fighting, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Army" id="mwAS4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a> begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" id="mwAS8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>.