On December 27, it will be 30 years of the detachment of the Soviet troops in Afghanistan. On this occasion, members of the Afghanistan War Veterans Union of Moldova and of veterans institutions working in Moscow, Tbilisi, Kiev and Chisinau met at a video conference organized in the Moldovan capital, Info-Prim Neo reports. The same questions were again put during the conference: “What kind of war was the war in Afghanistan?”, “Had the Soviet soldiers been defeated or they were victorious?” The participants from the four capital cities have been unanimous in their answers: the Soviet soldiers fulfilled the orders given by their superiors. “Moreover, we know no case when our soldiers were beaten in battles,” said the veterans from Kiev. Mihail Mocan, the head of the Afghanistan War Veterans Union of Moldova, stressed that even if he risks touching political issues, he must say that only the Communists Party, while it had been in power, drew attention to the problems faced by the Afghanistan war veterans and the families of the soldiers who died. “Twenty-three monuments to participants in the Afghanistan war have been erected so far,” Mocan said. We continue placing commemorative plaques in the schools where our heroes studied, including the in the Transnistrian region, where we found understanding and cooperation.” The Soviet troops entered Afghanistan on December 27, 1979 and pulled out on February 15, 1989. More than 13,000 Soviet soldiers were killed in the war, including 301 from Moldova. Five Moldovan soldiers are considered missing. Over 500,000 Soviet soldiers took part in the war in Afghanistan overall.