主题：这个俄罗斯驻喀布尔大使说得好，现身说法 -- 司徒彼

""We underestimated the allergy of the Afghan nation to foreign invaders because we didn't believe ourselves to be foreign invaders at that time," he says.

Kabulov says the Soviets believed they would modernize and develop Afghanistan, much as they had the Soviet Central Asian republics earlier in the 20th century.

"We tried to bring forcefully, artificially, social justice to the country," Kabulov remembers. In doing so, he says, the Soviets neglected Afghan traditions, culture and religion.