The mujahideen, funded and armed by the West, fought what was then a global superpower to a humiliating retreat. The conflict helped unravel the USSR. Now, Russia returns not as occupier but as ...

Russia’s recognition of the Taliban provides much sought-after legitimacy to a regime that is enforcing the world’s most ...

Russia became the first country to give recognition to Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and embrace the de facto T ...