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

On this day in 1979, the Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anti-communist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War. Trump planning to issue ...

True to the 'X factor' of Afghanistan's nebulous, twisting history, it took a relic of the Soviet fishing industry to bring the Western war machine to a standstill. As international forces arrived ...

The Afghan war involving Soviet troops lasted from 1979 to 1989. About 15,000 Soviet soldiers lost their lives during the fighting in Afghanistan. The anniversary of the Soviet troops ...

40 years ago, the Soviet Union eliminated a ... China’s policies on Afghanistan, Xinjiang, Russia, terrorism, and the trade war – all have their roots in the late Cold War era.

As Afghanistan still struggles to find an elusive ... Travelling with Afghan guerrillas during the Soviet war often involved long and exhausting marches along what were known as the 'jihad trails ...

Discovered against the turbulent backdrop of the Cold War, the Tillya Tepe treasure ... In 1978, a year before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Russian archaeologist Viktor Ivanovich ...

filled with falsehoods, revisionist history and self-aggrandizement". Trump's take on the Soviet war in Afghanistan Perhaps most indicative of Mr Trump's extraordinary view of geo-politics and ...