The wars were in the future — but they weren't very far off. When the Soviets invaded less than two decades later, it would hasten Afghanistan's path towards becoming a very different country.
The wars were in the future — but they weren't very far off. When the Soviets invaded less than two decades later, it would hasten Afghanistan's path towards becoming a very different country.
Engaging directly with the Taliban may be the only way to protect Americans from the jihadist threat that stirs once again in ...
Testimony by CFR fellows and experts before Congress ... For most of the Cold War a nonaligned, isolated Afghanistan helped stabilize the region. The Soviet invasion and the response it provoked ...
It appeared the US.and Taliban were close to an agreement in September 2019 before the deal ... long ago and ended the war. The long history of US failure in Afghanistan should not now prevent ...
Afghanistan’s environmental damage isn’t limited to recent years. Before the US invasion, the country faced devastation during the Soviet Union’s war in the 1980s. The Soviets used weapons ...
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 ...