In May 1988, Soviets started to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan after more than eight years of fighting. The process lasted until February 1989 and Su-25s played a very important role. They ...

The former U.S. and Soviet air base has been a central location for empires for thousands of years. Does Trump truly ...

Vygaudas Usackas in The Wall Street Journal on lessons from the Soviets and Afghanistan Usackas, now the EU's ambassador to Afghanistan, begins by describing his regiment's successful attempt to avoid ...

The Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) was a grueling counterinsurgency conflict that tested the limits of—and ultimately broke—Soviet military might. Amid the rugged Hindu Kush mountains, where ground ...

In “The Finest Hotel in Kabul,” the BBC journalist Lyse Doucet tells the story of a country through what was once its most luxurious hotel.

Afghanistan is a sore, but it has been so for all the years of Pakistan's existence. More importantly, we have lived through it and kept a decent face. The Soviets and the Americans came and occupied ...

From the British-era Durand Line to Taliban-era tensions, Pakistan and Afghanistan's border dispute continues to inflame ...

Taliban clashes are not just about Afghanistan. They're about Trump, and a base from where America can watch the world.

The Pashtun Taliban has risen like a phoenix: transformed from Mujahideen who pushed back the Soviets in 1979 to take power ...