The Zero Units served alongside Americans, helping them fight, then evacuate. Now, they face uncertainty as they begin their ...

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to ...

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 ...

Ultimately, a decision was made to execute Amin through a carefully planned military assault.The operation on December 25, 1979, saw Soviet special forces, disguised as Afghan soldiers, storm ...

A military parade marking three years since the Taliban re-conquered Afghanistan and ousted a Western-backed government featured a number of US and Soviet-made aircraft, including Sikorsky UH-60 ...

Russia's four-month offensive on the destroyed Donetsk town of Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, cost more lives than the 10 years of war Moscow waged under the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, new ...

The Soviet military rolled into Afghan territory, brutally cracking down on dissident populations while planes carpet-bombed entire towns. Huge streams of Afghani refugees fled across the border ...

Soviet maps of Afghanistan indicate the times of year certain mountain passes are free of snow and passable for travel. Maps of China include notes on local vegetation and whether water from wells ...

In addition to its fleet of U.S. military vehicles, the Taliban are also sending at least two of the Soviet-era tanks that are likely from the former Afghan National Army’s sole tank battalion ...