Ideology and Electricity: The Soviet Experience in Afghanistan. Rodric Braithwaite, Jonathan Steele and Artemy Kalinovsky analyze the forgotten history of Afghan communism and the Soviet occupation.

The first is a statement of intent by an Afghan government official: "Our aim was, no less, than to give an example to all the backward countries of the world of how to jump from feudalism ...

WASHINGTON — Over the years, U.S. commanders in Afghanistan have paid close attention to the failed Soviet Union experience in that country as they developed their own campaign plans. The ...

O n January 1, the New York Times published an analysis of the parallels between the American attempt to withdraw from Afghanistan and the Soviet experience there in the late 1980s:. What mostly is ...

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

Veterans of the Soviet Union's decade-long war in Afghanistan see parallels — and stark contrasts — with the U.S. experience and exit after two decades there.

Veterans of the Soviet Union's decade-long war in Afghanistan see parallels — and stark contrasts — with the U.S. experience and exit after two decades there.

In December 1928 a north Afghan budmash, Bacha Sakao, raised the standard of revolt; and Amanullah, with the family jewels, fled the country. Bacha Sakao proclaimed himself ruler of Afghanistan under ...

For Pakistan, troubled as it is by the conscious or tacit hosting of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other hostile ...

Representatives of the alliance asked Moscow to share materials and the analysis of the Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989. russian news agency. RU. Search. Sections. Close.

Veterans of the Soviet Union's decade-long war in Afghanistan see parallels — and stark contrasts — with the U.S. experience and exit after two decades there.