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Mujahideen resistance held off the Soviet invasion in the Panjshir Valley in the ’80s. Will history be repeated for the Taliban?

Earlier this week, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid declared the war in Afghanistan officially over because the group had claimed victory…

3 years ago

US has long claimed Afghanistan helped end ‘Soviet empire’ – now it’s their turn?

The last US military flight out of the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) took off on Monday, a minute before…

3 years ago

An evil empire? The Soviet Union’s legacy is being used to paint Russians as conquerors, despite the fact it conquered them too

On the one hand, the communist state was much more than Russia. But, on the other, Russia played a vital…

3 years ago

Son of anti-Soviet mujahideen commander pleads for US to supply weapons & ammo against Taliban

The pitch was published by Massoud in The Washington Post, where a modern-day Charlie Wilson could presumably read it, and…

3 years ago

Gorbachev blames communist hardliners & nationalists for Soviet collapse, most others blame him, but USSR was doomed from start

Speaking this week, the one-time leader admitted mistakes were made during his time in office, but maintained that his policy…

3 years ago

Perestroika did not cause USSR’s downfall but ‘a lot of things’ should have been done differently, says ex-Soviet leader Gorbachev

That’s according to former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who wrote an article for ‘Russia in Global Affairs’ explaining his point…

3 years ago

Russian miracle as all passengers & crew walk away from horror Siberian crash that saw Soviet-era turboprop plane land upside down

Officials put out an emergency warning when the AN-28 light aircraft lost contact on Friday. After a frantic search of…

3 years ago

Modern Ukraine is invention of Soviet-era, Putin claims, saying new country was created ‘at expense’ of historical Russian lands

In an article published on the Kremlin’s website on Monday, President Vladimir Putin described how almost all of the Eastern…

3 years ago

Vladimir Putin’s view on the 80th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union: Being open, despite the past

Tens of millions lost their lives, and the economic potential of the country and its cultural property were severely damaged.We…

3 years ago

Soviet collapse taught Russians the danger of being a messianic superpower. Biden makes it clear America hasn’t learnt the lesson

The author Fyodor Dostoevsky had a grand vision for the country. Russia, he believed, would lead the West back to…

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