The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan on February 15, 1989 is "the end of a dark era and a miracle." This was ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): On the 36th anniversary of the Soviet forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan, the caretaker government states ...

The Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the US and its ...

The Islamic Emirate said in a statement Friday on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops ...

Principle routes for new Daesh recruits to Afghanistan include travel through Turkey and Iran, U.N. sanctions monitors said ...

True to the 'X factor' of Afghanistan's nebulous, twisting history, it took a relic of the Soviet fishing industry to bring the Western war machine to a standstill. As international forces arrived ...

with increasing global tensions due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Putin has, in the past, lamented the economic state of the USSR. In February 2024, Putin pledged to avoid a ...

Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and ...

Poland's foreign minister said Putin used to criticize the Soviet approach that helped bankrupt it, but now he's repeating the mistake.