Soviet soldier missing 33 years found in Afghanistan

(Newser) – Veterans' groups trying to track down the 264 Soviet soldiers still listed as missing in Afghanistan have scratched one off the list.

Bakhretdin Khakimov, a rifleman who went missing months after the 1979 Soviet invasion, has been found living among Afghans in the western province of Herat, the BBC reports.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world...Stories%29

He Converted from Communist Atheism to Islam ??  :-[

More Bullish than a Bear .... ::LOL::

he was lost and now he is found

Forget the Bull and de Bear  :

de chap minding Goats !  ;D ;D

the guy didnt care about calling his family?

The Guy is Uzbek. So he was born to Muslim parents, but was not allowed to practice his faith in the USSR. No wonder he deserted the army.