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The Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan — This Happened: December 23
On this day in 1979, the Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with ...
Jimmy Carter’s lasting Cold War legacy: His human rights focus helped dismantle the Soviet Union
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a dark horse ...
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I. Introduction
Afghanistan has suffered from over two ... the breakup of the Soviet Union, and war in the former Yugoslavia. In the United States, the fall of the Soviet-backed regime in late April 1992 ...
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Who lost more weapons—Russia in Syria or America in Afghanistan?
Russia's own military force in Syria, including jets and naval vessels, has pulled back and appears to be partially evacuating, but it has not yet withdrawn from the country. A renegotiated lease that ...
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Afghanistan Today: Civil War and Human Rights
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 ...
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Russian lawmakers advance a bill removing the terrorist designation for the Taliban
Russian officials have shrugged off questions about the seeming contradiction by emphasizing the need to engage the Taliban to help stabilize Afghanistan. The Soviet Union fought a 10-year war in ...
Three consequential foreign policy decisions of Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter's legacy as a visionary leader redefined American foreign policy and international relations for decades to come ...
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Morton Abramowitz, diplomat galvanized by war and famine, dies at 91
In a role reversal a few years later, Mr. Abramowitz was leading Cold War hard-liners as he pressed to boost the firepower of mujahideen fighters in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan. U.S.-backed ...