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Aug 19, 2021 · Afghans have lived through Soviet and U.S. invasions, civil war, insurgency and a previous period of heavy-handed Taliban rule. Here are some key events and dates from the past four...
- Hannah Bloch
6 days ago · A Hidden History. A Times investigation uncovered a brutal campaign enacted by U.S.-backed forces during the war in Afghanistan. Malika mourns her son Ahmad Rahman, who was abducted in front of ...
Jul 7, 2021 · Share article. With American and NATO troops having all but departed Afghanistan after 20 years of war, the country is still riven by internal conflict. The United States descended on Afghanistan and its Taliban government in 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks by Al Qaeda, which had sought sanctuary in the country.
Aug 17, 2021 · The Vietnam War was a flashpoint of the Cold War, the post-World War II global struggle between capitalism, led by the United States, and communism, led by the Soviet Union. Vietnam had been split ...
The U.S. War in Afghanistan The Taliban surged back to power two decades after U.S.-led forces toppled their regime in what led to the United States’ longest war. 1999
- Zachary Laub
Sep 9, 2021 · 9 September 2021. By Frank Gardner,BBC security correspondent. Getty Images. Guantanamo Bay galvanised some in the Middle East against the US. What lessons, if any, have been learned from the 20...
Jul 6, 2021 · The primary and defining characteristic of the armed conflict in Afghanistan over the last two decades has been harm to civilians caused by massive human rights abuses and war crimes by all...
