(Boshin March 30), May 15, 1988, the Soviet Union began to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.

first batch of a motorized infantry brigade 1200 Soviet officers and soldiers, 300 tanks and armored personnel carriers they ride starting from Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province on the morning of May 15, 1988, held in Kabul troop withdrawal After the ceremony out of here start Beiche. Jalalabad, the Soviets were stationed four brigades, the first batch only withdraw a brigade.
in accordance with the Geneva agreement on the issue of Afghanistan, the Soviet Union to withdraw its half of the armed forces in Afghanistan in three months and nine months to withdraw all its troops - 115,000. The United Nations observer team
led by Finnish generals Rowley Heermining, responsible for overseeing the withdrawal of the Soviet Union.