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

Since then, Afghanistan has been in a state of constant civil war. The anti-Soviet mujahedeen, or "holy warriors," overthrew the communist government in 1992 and then battled for control of Kabul ...

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 ...

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

A former senior Taliban official told CBS News that while the move was welcome, "Russia and China can't financially support ...

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 has become the first nation to recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan since it took power in 2021, announcing ...

This comes months after the Russian parliament voted in favour of a law that would make it possible to remove the Taliban ...

Russia has become the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan, sparking outrage from ...

The decision marks a major diplomatic milestone nearly three years after the group returned to power.