On the face of it, the US involvement in Ukraine bears little similarity to the 20-year Afghanistan war, not least because there are no American boots on the ground in Europe.

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 ...

In a dramatic shift with far-reaching geopolitical implications, Russia has become the first major world power to formally ...

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

Ukrainian soldiers on December 7, 2023, in Avdiivka, Ukraine. Kyiv is facing another difficult winter of full-scale war with Russia again on the offensive in the east of the country.

Nearly four years after the Taliban reconquered Afghanistan, numerous countries have diplomatically engaged with the Islamic Emirate, accepting its rule as a political reality. Yet, no government had ...

No, Russia's position is the following: We expect the new rulers of Afghanistan to meet those basic, I underline this, basic human rights and international relations rules, which are not exactly ...

Of course, Russia in 2022 is not the Soviet Union of 1979. But given the striking similarities that have already emerged between Putin’s Ukraine adventure and the Soviet war in Afghanistan, it is ...

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

Afghanistan is in discussions with Russia to import certain foodstuffs as the conflict between Israel and Iran, one of its largest trading partners, risked cutting off supplies, its agriculture ...

Although memories of the Soviet-Afghanistan War of 1979-1989 continue to fuel anti-Russian feelings in Afghanistan, Russia’s infrastructure investments and construction of educational ...

The rehabilitation of the war also comes amid Moscow’s renewed influence in Afghanistan. In recent months, Russia has hosted two major meetings between the Taliban and Afghan power brokers aimed ...