Although the Soviet Cold War rivals initially protested against the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, it played well into their hands. The U.S. was happy to give the USSR its Vietnam.

This Kings and Generals episode focuses on the fierce campaigns in the Panjshir Valley and the ultimate Soviet withdrawal.

Despite grievous mistakes in planning and execution, however, the Soviet war in Afghanistan was no unmitigated failure. Until Washington provided the rebel mujahideen with Stinger surface-to-air ...

“Battle for Afghanistan” is about risking the lives of troops to protect the son of a high-ranking Soviet official. Don’t let anyone tell you there’s not a difference between superpowers.

By 1992, the Soviet-backed government was overthrown and the country was plunged into a bloody civil war, setting the stage for the Taliban to assume power four years later. Flash forward.

Despite grievous mistakes in planning and execution, however, the Soviet war in Afghanistan was no unmitigated failure. Until Washington provided the rebel mujahideen with Stinger surface-to-air ...

Because the Soviet war in Afghanistan played a pivotal role both in the Cold War's endgame and in the Soviet Union's last gasps of life, its origins and conduct have been much studied. Feifer, however ...

There are clear lessons from the nearly decade-long Soviet occupation that the international community might heed in its ninth year of war in Afghanistan, with the biggest battle campaign now ...

Artemy Kalinovsky, a prominent scholar of the Soviet campaign in Afghanistan, agreed that the attempt to revisit the historical condemnation of the war seemed to be aimed at “moving public ...

The Soviet decision to invade Afghanistan in 1979 and the imbroglio that followed were seminal events in the Cold War’s last years. Kalinovsky goes over the whole story briefly and then, with a large ...

The first official deployment of the Soviet army into the Kingdom of Afghanistan began Dec. 25, 1979, and marked the beginning of a decade-long Soviet rule in the country. Full Episode Monday, Jul 7 ...