The wars were in the future — but they weren't very far off. When the Soviets invaded less than two decades later, it would hasten Afghanistan's path towards becoming a very different country.

Anthony Cordesman, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, published an assessment of US operations in 2015 entitled "Afghanistan a Year After 'Transition': Losing the War at ...

On the eve of his inauguration, President Trump accused the Biden administration of handing over U.S. military assets to the Taliban following the 2021 withdrawal — a withdrawal that Mr. Trump ...

Testimony by CFR fellows and experts before Congress ... For most of the Cold War a nonaligned, isolated Afghanistan helped stabilize the region. The Soviet invasion and the response it provoked ...

Before the US invasion, the country faced devastation during the Soviet Union’s war in ... Pakistan After Civilian Massacre Years of sanctions have also made it harder for Afghanistan to tackle ...