Russian influence set to return to Afghanistan  
 

Twenty years ago, Soviet troops retreated from Afghanistan. 

But with US and Nato-led forces stuck in their own prolonged battle in the country, Russia has offered to open new supply routes to the troops there.
  
Al Jazeera's Hamish Macdonald travelled to a town once known as "Little Moscow", Puli-khumri, in the Baghlan province. 

 
 

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