Unease over US exit in Afghan valley where Soviets were routed Thirty years on, former mujahideen fighters recount the days of battling USSR's Red Army in Afghanistan. The Soviets left the country for good on February 15, 1989 having suffered 15,000 losses -- many in the unforgiving mountain passes of Panjshir. IMAGES of remnants of Soviet tanks in Panjshir and the Hairatan Bridge AND SOUNDBITES from former mujahideen fighters