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The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989

A New Phase in the Great Game: U.S., Soviets, India, Pakistan vied to shape a new Afghanistan in late 1980s

The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979: Not Trump’s Terrorists, Nor Zbig’s Warm Water Ports

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Was Not a Grand Design But a Grand Entanglement Resulting from Faulty Intelligence, Excessive Secrecy, and a Paralyzed Leadership, According to Conference of Former Decision-Makers

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan a Case of Mission Creep, According to New Book and Original Soviet Documents

The Haqqani History: Bin Ladin's Advocate Inside the Taliban

The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File

The Pakistani Taliban's Coming Divide: How the Death of Its Leader Could Be Bad for the United States

Secret U.S. Message to Mullah Omar: "Every Pillar of the Taliban Regime Will Be Destroyed"

Pakistan's Bin Laden Policy

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