The Islamic Emirate asked the international community to interact with the current government and refrain from interfering in the country's internal affairs, on the 44th anniversary of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.

Dec. 27 marks the 44th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan.

"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan asks all nations, both near and far away, to fulfill their obligations to Afghanistan in order to establish and guarantee better and stronger relations in line with Islamic principles,"said Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the Islamic Emirate.

On this day in 1979, nearly 100,000 members of the former Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan, and they stayed in Afghanistan for nearly ten years.
Some of the country's residents call this day the start of Afghanistan’s troubles.

According to some reports, the war triggered by the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan left more than one million Afghans dead. More than 14,000 soldiers of the Soviet Union were killed.

"Afghans made sacrifices, they were forced to emigrate. The whole of Afghanistan became a ruin until all the forces of the Soviet Union left here,” said Tahir Khan Yarghal, a military analyst.

"The 6th of Jaddi was one of the darkest days in the history of Afghanistan. Unfortunately, on this day, up to 100,000 armed forces of the Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan. After ten years of battle, Afghans defeated them,” Moeen Gul Samkanai, another military analyst said.

Forty-three years after the Soviet invasion, some Afghans still have bitter memories from the war.

On February 15, 1989, Boris V. Gromov was the last soldier of the Soviet Union who left Afghanistan.