Afghanistan is often portrayed through headlines about bombings, war, and decades of conflict. Since the Soviet invasion in 1979, the country has faced continuous instability, civil war, and the rise ...

When the Soviet Union withdrew its forces from Afghanistan 25 years ago after a bloody and protracted war, Mikhail Leshchinsky was one of the last people out. Leshchinsky wasn't a soldier. A reporter ...

Afghanistan’s deepest struggle is not foreign invasion, but building an inclusive state across ethnic fault lines ...

The fact that the Soviets were using large numbers of their older tanks did not inherently mean that they were likely to lose. Picture the scene. A group of Western military analysts are snickering at ...

Even after three decades, Gennady Tseuma remembers the wavering call to prayer that went up clear over the hillside village. It floated out over the fields and river and pierced the early morning hush ...