News clip Desperate to flee Taliban rule, Afghans are resorting to this: grasping at US military aircraft and risking their lives. Some hung on to the wheels and fell to their death.

The ISK is criticizing the Taliban for paying lip service to the Palestinian cause and shying away from sending its fighters ...

However, Afghanistan’s neighbors have no interest in another civil war in Afghanistan ... the British interventions (1839-1919), the Soviet empire (1917-1991), and the American empire (2001-2021).

The story spans several decades, including the Soviet invasion ... Men Among the Living provides a ground-level view of the war in Afghanistan, focusing on the lives of three Afghans – a ...

Afghanistan's neighbors want to avoid civil war and its economic consequences ... (1713-1917), the British interventions (1839-1919), the Soviet empire (1917-1991), and the American empire ...

Some interesting historical data about the Falkland Islands war and Soviet ... sales embargo to the Soviet Union “punished” believe it or not for invading Afghanistan in 1979.

"The group welcomes wars between the great powers that would weaken them," a senior threat intelligence analyst told Newsweek.

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 ...

When CounterPunch went to press 30 years ago on paper printed with ink that smeared your fingers, Bill Gates was worth a mere ...

They also are anchored in a singular modern event: the 1991 collapse of the Soviet ... Afghanistan and Chechnya (in 1994) suggest that Russia’s biggest vulnerability may lie at the intersection ...

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Michael Vickers had an unusual and almost unparalleled career in the U.S. intelligence community, having been deeply involved in both the efforts against the Soviets in ...

Mobiles phones should be banned at work too! THE use of mobile smart phones in school is frowned upon and creating problems.