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Russia Is First Country to Recognize Taliban Rule in Afghanistan
Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry ...
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The Soviet War in Afghanistan: Russia’s Forgotten War
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 ...
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U.S., Russia Compete for Military Influence Among Afghanistan's Central ...
A Russian service member attached to the mountain motorized rifle units of the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan conducts a tactical exercise at the Lyaur training ground on March 29.
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What’s Russia’s Aim in Afghanistan? – The Diplomat
Currently, Russia’s military presence in Central Asia is limited to the 201st Russian military base in Dushanbe, Tajikistan; an airbase in Kant, Kyrgyzstan; and a torpedo-test range on lake ...
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China, Russia forces hold drills amid uncertainty over Afghanistan ...
Chinese and Russian military forces are engaged in joint exercises in northwestern China as ties grow between the two autocratic states amid uncertainty over the instability in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan Cloud Looms Over Ukraine for US—And for Russia
Russia's war on Ukraine has become a "stalemate," according to ... The Soviet Union lost some 13,000 troops—among them 3,000 Ukrainians—in nine years of low-intensity combat in Afghanistan.
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Russia Against US Troops in Central Asia Near Afghanistan
The Russian foreign minister questioned what results would be achieved with a small U.S. presence outside Afghanistan when a 100,000-strong NATO force inside the country “failed to do anything." ...
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Prospects for Sino-Russian Coordination in Afghanistan
Impediments to Sino-Russian Coordination. Russia and China may seem to work in tandem on Afghanistan, but there are some real obstacles to substantive cooperation. Russia is engaging more with ...
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Russian operation targeted coalition troops in Afghanistan ...
A Russian military spy unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan, including U.S. and British troops, in a striking escalation of the Kremlin’s ...
Who Is Winning the World War?
If we’re fortunate, that will yield academic treatises with titles like “The Empire Tested: America and the World, 2021-2030.
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US, Russia share a complex and bloody history in Afghanistan
In this Sept. 18, 2009, file, photo, a soldier from the U.S. Army's 118th Military Police Co., based at Fort Bragg, N.C., respond to shots fired at a combat outpost in the Jalrez Valley in ...