Soldiers killed in Afghan war are commemorated on February 15
- 15.02.2011 08:03
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Festivities to remember the soldiers who died in the war in Afghanistan will take place on February 15 for the first time all over Moldova. A commemoration service will be held at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Chisinau starting at 9am, Info-Prim Neo reports.
After the service, the Union of the Afghan War Veterans and government officials will lay flowers to the monument to Stephan the Great.
A march from the Great National Assembly Square to the memorial to the Afghan war heroes, which is located on Miron Costin St, will start at 11am. A concert will follow at the National Palace at 3pm.
On February 15, 2011 it is 22 years of the withdrawal of the troops from Afghanistan. A million people from the Commonwealth of Independent States, including 12,000 Moldovans, had fought in that war. About 15,000 soldiers did not return home.
