The Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the US and its ...

The Soviet-built bridge at Hairatan, on the Afghan border with Uzbekistan. The last Soviet troops withdrew from here in February 1989 His country's location on the East-West trade routes ...

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 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 ...

A Trump executive order suspending refugee programs has trapped the families of U.S. troops in Afghanistan who were promised an escape.

In the 1980s, he participated in the Islamist resistance against the Soviet military campaign in Afghanistan, but his reputation is more that of a religious leader than a military commander.

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 ...

In 1988 the president of Afghanistan, Mohammad Najibullah, made a fateful decision. After years of combat, exhausted Soviet troops were finally withdrawing from the country. Fearing Afghanistan ...