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 ...

In December 1979, the Soviet Union intervened in Afghanistan expecting a swift stabilization of a friendly regime - but instead ignited one of the most consequential conflicts of the late Cold War.

I grew up not far from Bagram Airfield, which is located about 60 kilometers north of my childhood home in Kabul. Yet despite that, and the years I spent reporting on the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, ...

In November of 1986, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev addressed the Politburo about his country’s futile war in Afghanistan. The conflict had already dragged on for six years, Gorbachev told his ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The 20-year American adventure in Afghanistan, just a little younger than your humble author, came to an end a few years ago. It ended far ...