Come back when it gets dark. Be careful!

My brother was always running away. He wasn't the only one either.

Thousands of Afghan boys they didn't want to go to war.

And rightly so. Most of them wouldn't come back.

They would die.

My country, you suffer, because you've been betrayed.

My country, You've lost your melody, your voice.

Mycountry, you are in pain and there is no cure.

My country...

Mujahedeen attacks increase in Kabul after the Soviet withdrawal.

Yesterday, 7 people were killed near Kabul airport.

Overseas today, the last of the American embassy personnel in Afghanistan flew out of the capital Kabul today

and went to India.

Most other Western embassies are either closed or closing.

The conventional wisdom is that

when the Soviets have finally completely withdrawn from the country, some time in the next couple of weeks,

the Afghans will set on one other

and the capital will be even more dangerous than it is now.

The Soviet transport circles quickly downward, firing magnesium flares

to divert any heat-seeking missiles.