The mujahideen, funded and armed by the West, fought what was then a global superpower to a humiliating retreat. The conflict helped unravel the USSR. Now, Russia returns not as occupier but as ...

Russia’s recognition of the Taliban provides much sought-after legitimacy to a regime that is enforcing the world’s most ...

In “Zbig,” Edward Luce tells the story of Zbigniew Brzezinski, a leading American strategist who had a notably eventful run ...

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova emphasized that Afghanistan possesses a unique geostrategic position and, in the future, could serve as a key link in the implementation of major e ...

The Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the US and its ...

Moscow formally recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. Recognition has opened a new chapter in ...

With a pledge of support and official recognition, Russia’s relationship with the Taliban has evolved considerably.

Even today, in the throes of a norm-busting trade war with China, there is talk of some kind of leader-to-leader grand ...

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...

In recent years, the five Central Asian countries have managed to rebuild their economies, stabilize their politics and ...

As well as being one of the faces of ITV’s ‘News at Ten’, the foreign correspondent forged a career covering the world’s most ...

IT appears to be a cruel irony that the very force that was once blamed for triggering an apocalypse now seeks atonement.