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  1. 6 days ago · Charlie Wilson’s War (Prime/NOW) The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson and his covert dealings in Afghanistan is brought to life in this comedy-drama, starring Tom Hanks and Julia ...

  2. 5 days ago · DALLAS — Charlie Wilson, the former U.S. congressman from Texas whose funding of Afghanistan’s resistance to the Soviet Union was chronicled in the movie “Charlie Wilson’s War,“ has died.

  3. 3 days ago · The Afghan mujahideen ( Pashto: افغان مجاهدين; Dari: مجاهدین افغان) were Islamist resistance groups that fought against the Republic of Afghanistan and the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War and the subsequent First Afghan Civil War . The term mujahid (from Arabic: مجاهدين) is used in a religious context ...

  4. 3 days ago · At the end of the year, she appeared as Charlie Wilson's press secretary in the film Charlie Wilson's War, which stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. In 2008, Appleby had a recurring role on the 15th and final season of ER (her second time on the show), playing an intern named Daria Wade.

  5. 5 days ago · Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) In an effort to give the Soviet Union their Vietnam, Texas congressman Charlie Wilson begins to supply and train the Afghanistan freedom fighters.

  6. 3 days ago · The Battle for Hill 3234 (Russian: Бой у высоты 3234, romanized: Boy u vysoty 3234) was a successful defensive battle fought by the 9th Company of the 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment, Soviet Airborne Troops, part of Operation Magistral, supported by the Afghan Army’s 15th Tank Brigade, 8th, 11th, 12th, 214th, 25th Infantry Division and the 37th Commando Battalion, in ...

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  8. 3 days ago · Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War was waged on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons. The term was first used by the English writer George Orwell in an article published ...

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