Often, the Spetsnaz are thought of as Army commando units. In reality, however, Spetsnaz are not a specific tactical unit but ...

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 ...

When asked whether the Soviet Union should have sent troops to Afghanistan, 42% of those polled said no, while 31% said yes. Another 27% found it difficult to answer the question. Most of those ...

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 was a blow for education across the country – but especially for girls and women.

In 1978, a year before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Russian archaeologist Viktor Ivanovich Sarianidi began digging at the Tillya Tepe site in northern Afghanistan, which archaeologists ...

The withdrawal of the Soviet 40th Army from Afghanistan from 1988 to 1989 was a militarily successful operation save one mistake.

A Taliban spokesman says explosions and gunfire in Iran targeted and killed at least two Afghans earlier this month ...

Jahanpour, Farhang 1999. The rise of the Taliban and its regional repercussions. Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 8, Issue. 15, p. 99.

Ask students what else they think the United States should have done in Afghanistan following the Soviet-Afghan War and during the rise of the Taliban. Could we have prevented or improved the ...

including from Soviet forces during the Soviet-Afghan war from 1979 to 1989, and the Taliban in the 1990s. Now, the region is still under the control of the NRF, which was founded by Ahmad Massoud ...

It's not the first time the dramatic and imposing Panjshir Valley has been a flashpoint in Afghanistan's recent turbulent history - having been a stronghold against Soviet forces in the 1980s ...