Often called “the Soviet Union’s Vietnam War”, the conflict in Afghanistan began at Christmas in 1979 and dragged on for a further nine years, causing the deaths of over 25,000 Soviet soldiers and ...

Mohammed Reza Sazish, a civil rights activist who fled to Pakistan from Afghanistan, fears being caught up in a mass ...

The Bagram Airflied was built in the 1950s by the USSR. It has played a central role in the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-89) as ...

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Saturday said Pakistan had ‘on multiple occasions... targeted civilian populations and ...

The former Soviet Union fought a 10-year war in Afghanistan that ended with Moscow withdrawing its troops in 1989. Russian officials have recently been emphasizing the need to engage with the ...

This speech was given by Andrei Ritsky, a representative of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists in Russia, at the ...

Russia will help the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan fight against the Afghan branch of Islamic State, Moscow's special ...

(AP Photo/Roman Kutukov) MOSCOW (AP) — When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova ...

Dec. 17, 2024 The Soviet Union fought a 10-year war in Afghanistan that ended with Moscow withdrawing its troops in 1989. Russian officials have recently been emphasizing the need to engage with ...