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 communist regime tried to secularize the country and formed a government that was based on communist principles. In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. The invasion lasted roughly nine ...

Evgeny Velikhov's many accomplishments in reducing the threat from nuclear weapons—during and after the Cold War—are ...

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are closing in on the conclusion of their long-running border dispute. What does the prospect mean ...

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR. Personal Birth date: March 2, 1931 Death date: August 30, 2022 Birth place: Privolnoye, Russia, ...

"The Soviet Union took on the West and lost," he said ... with increasing global tensions due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Putin has, in the past, lamented the economic state ...

Taliban officials have a plan to turn one of the country’s most remote corners into a global trade hub by linking the Afghan ...

Czech forces have been regularly deployed in NATO and EU peacekeeping operations, including missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, ...

A student at the University of Dundee has embarked on a project to ensure the female artists of Afghanistan are not silenced ...

Explore the challenges of the Graveyard of Empires expansion for Hearts of Iron IV. Experience imperial ambitions and intense ...