Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Yes and before the Soviets it was the British. Rudyard Kipling wrote:

"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier."

The war between the Soviets and Afghanis is one the most cruel ever. Soviets executed a large part of the P.O.W.'s on the spot, the Afghanis did the same but also used some pretty nasty torture, like cutting off limbs etc. Really nasty stuff.