The Soviet decision to invade Afghanistan in 1979 and the imbroglio that followed were seminal events in the Cold War’s last years. Kalinovsky goes over the whole story briefly and then, with a large ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader who oversaw the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, said NATO's deployment was doomed from the start.

A soldier folds a flag at a Kabul air base as the Soviet military prepares for their final withdrawal from Afghanistan in January of 1989. A UN-brokered accord set a Feb. 15 pullout date. Laurent ...

An expert’s point of view on a current event. America Is Going the Same Way as the Soviets in Afghanistan The Soviet withdrawal was a disaster. The U.S. version looks eerily similar.