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Soviet Afghanistan veterans, too, have found themselves part of that grander version of the Soviet past — within limits. "The government hasn't forgotten about us.
Veterans of the Soviet Union's decade-long war in Afghanistan see parallels — and stark contrasts — with the U.S. experience and exit after two decades there.
WASHINGTON -- Military experts said yesterday that as many as several hundred veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan may be fighting for rival ethnic groups in the Central Asian nation. The ...
The Soviet-Afghan War led to the deaths of around three million Afghans, while refugees fled to Pakistan and Iran. As much as 11.5% of Afghanistan’s population was killed during the conflict, ...
Soviet Russia's relation to the new Afghan government was well defined. By making Nadir Khan realize the weaknesses of his position and the dangers which threatened him from India, it hoped to become ...
Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union's failed war in Afghanistan helped bring down its empire. Now Russia's faltering war effort in Ukraine is raising doubts about the future of Putin's regime.
The Soviet Union's botched attempt to poison Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin in 1979 set off a chain of events that reshaped the geopolitical landscape of Afghanistan The failure of the poisoning ...
Veterans of the Soviet Union's decade-long war in Afghanistan see parallels — and stark contrasts — with the U.S. experience and exit after two decades there.