a former Afghan Army cadet who trained in Russia in the 1980s and later headed an Afghan Border Police anti-smuggling unit on the border with Uzbekistan. The Soviet-built bridge at Hairatan ...

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 Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the US and its allies, and the Soviet Union. A major faction was the Afghan Mujahideen - ...

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 ...

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

Ask students what else they think the United States should have done in Afghanistan following the Soviet-Afghan War and during the rise of the Taliban. Could we have prevented or improved the ...

In the 1980s (Afghan years 1359-68), the Soviet Red Army and its allied Afghan army committed massive war crimes and crimes against humanity, intentionally targeting civilians and civilian areas ...

TASS/. The special military operation in Ukraine will end in a victory for Russia, Colonel General (Ret.) Boris Gromov, a hero of the Soviet Union, Afghan war veteran and former Moscow Region ...