The Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) was a grueling counterinsurgency conflict that tested the limits of—and ultimately broke—Soviet military might. Amid the rugged Hindu Kush mountains, where ground ...
America’s bitter experiences in Vietnam and Afghanistan have shown that more soldiers does not always mean victory—and that ...
A devastating earthquake occurred in the provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman in eastern Afghanistan on September 1, claiming the lives of hundreds of people MOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. Russia’s ...
According to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, the commitment of Afghanistan and Pakistan to dialogue and resolving differences through political and diplomatic means is the ...
After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the revival of its violent, anti-democratic ways. “When I walk down the street ...