The Beast of War was released in 1988 and tells the story of a Soviet tank crew led by a tyrannical officer who get lost in ...

You're unlikely to find this war film among the lists of all-time greats, but fans say it is 'very good by any standards' and ...

The Beast of War was released in 1988, but has been largely forgotten despite being called an "all-time great" with an ...

Washington's move marks a major shift in its stance toward the leaders of the Haqqani network, which was responsible for some ...

Russia's exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Afghanistan and ex-Soviet states in Central Asia have jumped following ...

As Afghanistan still struggles to find an elusive ... Travelling with Afghan guerrillas during the Soviet war often involved long and exhausting marches along what were known as the 'jihad trails ...

Nine graphics show what changed in Afghanistan over the past two decades ... Yet, they also suffered the disastrous consequences of a war that didn’t end: the fighting killed thousands of ...

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 ...

Working primarily with China, the Reagan administration succeeded in defeating the Soviets in Afghanistan ... as president of the Soviet Union. This ended the Cold War, with Ukraine and Belarus ...

Soviet policy in Eastern Europe The 1950s ... government in Russia disintegrated due to economic pressures, the war in Afghanistan and revolt in Eastern Europe. Both Gorbachev and Reagan played ...