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FILE PHOTO: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev addresses the audience after the Russian premiere of the documentary film "Meeting Gorbachev" in Moscow, Russia November 8, 2018. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, the le...
The Persian Gulf War was significant for being the first major war following the fall of the Soviet Union. Fought mostly in the open desert, some war scholars wrongly believed that future wars would be similar to the Gulf War. Instead, many states and non-state actors moved away from the ...
The group was formed by "mujahideen" fighters who fought Soviet forces in the 1980s with the backing of the CIA. What is the group's history in Afghanistan? Emerging in 1994 as one of several factions fighting a civil war, the Taliban gained control of much of the ...
The decision to employ secrecy and the war polices created the bitter legacy iof that war in the Soviet Union. The case of Afghanistan, however, is but the last act of the man who destroyed the Soviet Union.Hermes, Andrew JohnDissertations & Theses - Gradworks...
aThe Afghan refugees who streamed out of their country after the 1979 invasion by Soviet forces were the largest refugee caseload of concern to UNHCR. About 2.7 million persons fled to Iran and Pakistan. As Afghanistan remained divided into regions of relative peace and ongoing combat, UNHCR atte...
The endless fighting has turned Afghans into some of the best warriors on earth. The invasions have also left a mosaic of tribes: Pashtuns; Tajiks, related to Persians; Turkic Uzbeks; and Hazaras, descendants of the Mongols, are the main ethnic groups. Most Afghans are Orthodox Sunni Muslims...
An Overview and Critique of US Immigration and Asylum Policies in the Trump Era, By Paul Wickham Schmidt Georgetown Law WISHIN’ & HOPIN’ WON’T MAKE IT SO: THE LAW IS NO LONGER SUPREME IN AMERICA — Obviously, Trump Has Placed Himself Above It, With Little Pushback From Congress Or A...
James Kestrel won the Best First Novel Edgar Award for Five Decembers, a crime novel that starts at the end of November, 1941. We know what is coming next but few in this terrific debut suspect what is approaching. Detective McGrady is pretty new to the Honolulu Police Department but he...
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