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A failed war helped bring down the Soviet Union. Now Putin's failing war in Ukraine might set Russia...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSoviet troops cross into Uzbekistan during the withdrawal from Afghanistan on February 6,...
Afghanistan's war rug industry distorts the reality of everyday trauma
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe rug designs tend to contain symbols – AK-47s, 9/11 and drones – that reflect an outsider’s...
Operation Cyclone: The CIA's covert program to arm the mujahideen
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn Afghan Mujahid demonstrates positioning of a soviet-built SA-7 hand-held surface-to-air missile....
Mikhail Gorbachev, Whose Drive To Transform The Soviet Union Ended The Cold War, Has Died
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHis democratizing drive made him the toast of diplomatic circles and a cult hero in the West, the...
Ukraine says it has downed double the number of warplanes Moscow lost in Afghanistan
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUkrainian forces have destroyed 278 Russian aircraft during eight months of fighting, more than...
Fallen colossus: USSR's terror, triumphs began 100 years ago
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Anyone who doesn’t regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart,” he said. Five years after...
2 intensifying border wars show Putin is losing sway in his neighborhood while Russia struggles in...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSoldiers at a ceremony in Almaty as Collective Security Treaty Organization peacekeeping forces...
Putin's war in Ukraine looks more and more like a failure. Past Russian leaders haven't survived...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussian President Vladimir Putin at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow in May 2020.KREMLIN...
More Russian soldiers have likely died seizing Avdiivka than in the entire Soviet-Afghan war, ISW...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Ukrainian soldier fires towards the Russian position as the Ukrainian soldiers from the artillery...
Rebel, Kingmaker, and Accused War Criminal: The Last Confessions of an Afghan Warlord
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAbdul Rashid Dostum has dodged assassin's bullets and survived poisoning. Now from exile, he plots...