The reality in Afghanistan and the region provides a lot for peacemakers to work with -- if we can look past gloomy predictions. 40 years ago, the Soviet Union eliminated a communist rival from ...

The withdrawal of the Soviet 40th Army from Afghanistan from 1988 to 1989 was a militarily successful operation save one mistake.

When asked whether the Soviet Union should have sent troops to Afghanistan, 42% of those polled said no, while 31% said yes. Another 27% found it difficult to answer the question. Most of those ...

This is facilitated by the near-free movement across the border of tribesmen and groups since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ... of sense must use his past experience to judge the present.

Boris Gromov, a hero of the Soviet Union, Afghan war veteran and former Moscow Region governor, told TASS in an interview. "I’d like to stress that our troops are acting courageously and with ...

The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he will seek arrest warrants against senior leaders of the Taliban government in Afghanistan over the persecution of women and girls.