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 the Soviet Union withdrew its forces from Afghanistan 25 years ago after a bloody and protracted war, Mikhail Leshchinsky was one of the last people out. Leshchinsky wasn't a soldier. A reporter ...

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Russian forces seized the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka earlier this month but paid a heavy price. The ISW said the number of Russian fatalities likely exceeds those killed in the Soviet-Afghan war.