Russian Invaders: Soviet-Patrolled Streets and Brampton Home

russian invaders: Boys on every other rooftop followed suit, one after another, and then altogether, according to Toronto Star. That night in 1979, the rooftops rung with the hopeful echoes of a prayer a simple act of defiance against the Russian invaders. Overlooking the pitch-black, Soviet-patrolled streets of Kabul, the distant mountains barely a shadow, the 17-year-old boy took a deep breath, held up the pipe as a megaphone, and called out Allahu Akbar. When you would hear this it would make you understand that the whole country is against Russia, Akbari, 55, said in his Brampton home. Days after that night in Kabul, with only 100 U.S in his pocket and a shawl the colour of sand wrapped around him, Akbari left his family and his city and walked 10 hours to Wardak province, his ancestral home, and then 10 days to Peshawar, Pakistan, to escape the war. He spoke softly, pausing as if hearing the sounds of their voices. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.