By using a “divide and conquer” strategy to keep Azerbaijan and Armenia under its sphere of influence, Russia caused ...

MOSCOW, July 9. /TASS/. The German embassy in Russia has issued apologies for posting a map with a wrong flag of the Soviet Union on social media.

Another project designed to draw Afghans closer to Central Asia is the AIRITOMFree Zone in Termez, which opened last year and ...

Russia announced on July 3 that it officially recognizes the Taliban government of Afghanistan, making it the first country ...

The 1999 Kargil War had Pakistan employing US-supplied arms — meant for anti-Soviet activity — to infiltrate Indian space, close to sparking a full-fledged war.

Over the past decade or so, the weapons, channels and terrain of conflict have radically changed. Drones, autonomous weapons systems, algorithmic target selection, information offensives, cyberwar and ...

Soviet-Afghan War The Soviet Union’s failure in Afghanistan (1979-1989) can be attributed to a complex interplay of factors that ultimately led to their withdrawal and the conflict’s status as the ...

The US president says Bagram Air Base is a critical asset for countering China, as experts debate the feasibility of reclaiming abandoned US military equipment in Afghanistan [Islamabad] President ...

Often, the Spetsnaz are thought of as Army commando units. In reality, however, Spetsnaz are not a specific tactical unit but a more general clandestine force which were deployed at the behest of ...

The Soviet Union's botched attempt to poison Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin in 1979 set off a chain of events that reshaped the geopolitical landscape of Afghanistan The failure of the poisoning ...

Chaos escalated at Afghanistan’s international airport in Kabul Monday as the U.S. and other nations rushed to evacuate citizens while the Taliban continued its rapid takeover of the country ...