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The Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan — This Happened: December 23
On this day in 1979, the Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with ...
Carter reflected on 1980 Olympic boycott: ‘A bad decision’
It was Carter who called for that boycott — a Cold War power play intended to express America’s disdain for the Soviet ...
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 ...
Tensions Escalate After Pakistan Pounds Afghanistan With Airstrikes
Pakistani leaders were once friends of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now, cross-border violence has become alarmingly frequent.
Our Reporter Returned to Afghanistan, Seeking Lessons and Secrets
Azam Ahmed, a Times correspondent and former bureau chief in Afghanistan, made repeated trips to areas in the country that ...
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 ...
Jimmy Carter, who died at 100, left a lasting Cold War legacy: His human rights focus helped dismantle the Soviet Union
(THE CONVERSATION) Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national ...
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Afghanistan Today: Civil War and Human Rights
Ask students what else they think the United States should have done in Afghanistan following the Soviet-Afghan War and during the rise of the Taliban. Could we have prevented or improved the ...
Human Rights Watch2y
I. Introduction
Afghanistan has suffered from over two ... the breakup of the Soviet Union, and war in the former Yugoslavia. In the United States, the fall of the Soviet-backed regime in late April 1992 ...