Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to ...

Often called “the Soviet Union’s Vietnam War”, the conflict in Afghanistan began at Christmas in 1979 and dragged on for a further nine years, causing the deaths of over 25,000 Soviet soldiers and ...

Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry ...

It remains to be seen if countries like China and Pakistan follow Russia’s lead. Moscow has historically had deep strategic ...

For example, Russia’s latest military exercise with Tajikistan concluded on April 23 and was built around the scenario of a joint reaction to a situation on the border with Afghanistan.

While the major external players in Afghanistan all continue to center a negotiated settlement, Russia does so with a side of shade thrown at the United States’ 20-year military engagement in ...

A Ukrainian soldier told BI that the thermonaric warheads have gotten bigger, while a first responder said Russia is using ...

Three decades after the Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan, Russia’s cultural, economic and personal ties in the country remain deep. When Russia has looked to exert influence, ...

Russia has officially recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan, Russian President’s Special Representative for ...

About 10,000 troops from China and Russia are carrying out joint military exercises in northwestern China to test some of the People’s Liberation Army’s newest weapons and signal unity on ...

Russia completed joint military exercises with troops from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on August 10 as the Taliban gained control of much of northern Afghanistan bordering Moscow’s Central ...

If we’re fortunate, that will yield academic treatises with titles like “The Empire Tested: America and the World, 2021-2030.