China decided that to get rich is glorious, Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact states collapsed into squabbling nationalities and kleptocracies, the socialist autocracies that had depended on Moscow for support receded into irrelevance. ..…
Ata Mohammad Noor, former warlord who Soviet troops and served attended meeting last Moscow that brought together former Afghan officials, opposition figures and Taliban... Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan December 1979, driven by fears that U.S could try to establish foothold next to..…
On Feb. 5—again, the same day as Trump’s State of the Union speech—the Taliban met in Moscow with an invited delegation of Afghans, including former President Hamid Karzai. ..…