A Soviet soldier from Uzbekistan who went missing in 1980 while serving in the Red Army during the war in Afghanistan has turned up living in the west of the country over three decades later.
Bakhretdin Khakimov has been living in Herat province since suffering an injury there during service...
http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/military-vets-demand-land-jobs-1.1271111
I thought most of these guys were merged into the SANDF?
... and how many of these guys are real veterans anyway?
How do they plan on checking?