Jere Van Dyk: A historical perspective of the fight over Afghanistan
Jere Van Dyk is the author of "In Afghanistan" and a former reporter for The New York Times. In the early 1980s he covered the Afghan-Soviet war, living with the Afghan rebels. He received a Pulitzer ...
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“Satan’s Chariot”: How The Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Terrorized Afghanistan
Once these hornet-like helicopters were deployed to Afghanistan, they became the icon of the Soviet war there (much as the UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” helicopter was emblematic of the American ...
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In the war’s aftermath, Ukraine will face a new kind of instability
He compared the situation to the 1990s in Russia, when the return of veterans from the Soviet-Afghanistan war fueled violence across the former USSR. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry pushed back ...
Putin’s war will not end until the Soviet empire is rebuilt
It should be clear to everyone that Putin has no interest in peace, something Sir Keir Starmer reiterated today at the ...
The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might happen next
One of the keys to the Taliban success was they offered an alternative. They said, “Look, the mujahedeen fought heroically to liberate your country but have now turned it into a war zone. We offer ...
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Afghanistan War
Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, will testify before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday about issues surrounding the end of the Afghanistan war. Thousands of ...