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 soldiers and ...

Red Army soldiers march on October 17, 1986 in downtown Kabul during a military parade. A Soviet soldier from Uzbekistan who went missing in 1980 while serving in the Red Army during the war in ...

A former Soviet soldier has been discovered hiding in Afghanistan under an assumed identity 33 years after going missing. Bakhretdin Khakimov disappeared during the first months of the nine-year war ...

Even after three decades, Gennady Tseuma remembers the wavering call to prayer that went up clear over the hillside village. It floated out over the fields and river and pierced the early morning hush ...

When the Soviet Union withdrew its forces from Afghanistan 25 years ago after a bloody and protracted war, Mikhail Leshchinsky was one of the last people out. Leshchinsky wasn't a soldier. A reporter ...

Russia's Shoigu tells Taliban that Moscow wants better ties Visit to Afghanistan comes amid pivot away from the West Taliban leaders seek help in easing Western sanctions Nov 26 (Reuters) - Sergei ...