12/19/09 This column was prepared by Courier & Press correspondent John Gottcent from the archives of Evansville newspapers. Big StoryThe big story 25 years ago this week (1984) involved mounting Soviet losses in Afghanistan , with as many as 9,000 dead and 16,000 wounded in five years. Moscow continued to send troops and showed no sign of backing down in the face of dogged resistance by Afghan rebels ...

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