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Tajikistan and the Russian Scheme to Pay Taliban to Target Americans in Afghanistan
The GRU spent tens of millions of dollars funding terrorist groups in Afghanistan to target U.S. and NATO forces, and routed ...
Jimmy Carter deserves some credit for winning the Cold War
The legacy of Jimmy Carter's administration includes key roles in countering the Soviets and Islamist extremists in the ...
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Could Afghanistan’s Qoshtepa Canal Worsen Water Scarcity in Central Asia?
The canal’s completion could exacerbate regional conflict, but also presents an opportunity for regional cooperation.
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Jimmy Carter helped dismantle Soviet Union with focus on human rights
In December 1979, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in response to the assassination ... Carter's move effectively engaged the ...
Jimmy Carter’s lasting Cold War legacy: His human rights focus helped dismantle the Soviet Union
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a dark horse ...
Jimmy Carter exited White House in 1981 but his policies hastened Soviet downfall in Russia
Even though Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States (1977-81), served just one term, his foreign policy that ...
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How Carter's covert aid to Afghan rebels redefined his foreign policy record
By Masood Farivar President Ronald Reagan is often credited with defeating the Soviet Union, in part by helping Afghan rebels ...
Afghan Taliban’s attacks on Pakistan raise fears of all-out war
Islamist group warns Islamabad not to ‘underestimate our capabilities’ as it dispatches battalions of fighters to the border ...
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Jimmy Carter helped dismantle Soviet Union with focus on human rights
In December 1979, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in response to ... effectively engaged the Soviets in a proxy war that began to bleed the Soviet Union. Economist Elizabeth Clayton concluded ...
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Acute leukemia and other cancers to be covered under PACT Act for veterans who served in Mideast, central Asia
Acute and chronic leukemias and other life-threatening cancers will now be recognized as presumptive conditions for ...
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Jimmy Carter remembered
His conciliatory policies toward the USSR only lasted until the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan at the end of 1979. In policies with a distinct echo into today, Carter recognised the global security ...