The Soviets were occupying Afghanistan at the time.

Among them are these: * A realistic allowance for the continued costs of occupying Iraq and Afghanistan.

One big uncertainty over the next few years will be the costs of occupying Iraq and Afghanistan.

Many of the soldiers would be familiar with the region from the 1979-1989 war against Soviet forces that occupied Afghanistan.

The biggest mistake that needs rectifying is occupying Afghanistan in the first place.

To manage this turmoil, over 40,000 foreign troops still occupy Afghanistan.

The same colors were also used by the Mongols when they occupied present-day Afghanistan in the 13th century.

He fought the Soviet forces that occupied Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989.

"America is not there to occupy Afghanistan," he said.

"If they're talking about going in and trying to occupy Afghanistan, that's a pretty iffy proposition," he said.