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- The Haunted. Volkov, Vladimir; Matthews, Owen // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);02/22/99, Vol. 133 Issue 8, p37
Focuses on the history of the war in Afghanistan fought by the Red Army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). How the conflict ended in 1989 after ten years; How the conflict contributed to the demise of the USSR; Brief accounts of the Soviet Special Forces, Spetsnaz, fighters of...
- The Haunted. Volkov, Vladimir; Matthews, Owen; Powell, Bill; Dlugy, Yana // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);02/22/99, Vol. 133 Issue 8, p39
Focuses on the history of the war in Afghanistan fought by the Red Army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). How the conflict ended in 1989 after ten years; How the conflict contributed to the demise of the USSR; Brief accounts of the Soviet Special Forces, Spetsnaz, fighters of...
- Meanwhile, in Afghanistan... Sikorski, Radex // National Review;10/11/2004, Vol. 56 Issue 19, p34
Investigates the political and social conditions in Afghanistan on the eve of a presidential election to be held there. Depiction of Afghanistan as more secure now than it was in the during the Soviet invasion or the civil war that followed; Description of Zahir Shah, the former king;...
- History. // Afghanistan Country Review;2001/2002, p9
Chronicles the history of the country of Afghanistan. Role of the country in the Indian civilization; Indian influence on the country's culture and economy; Gateway for invasions into India; Effect of the conflict between the expanding British and Russian empire on the Afghanistan during the...
- Foreign Relations. // Afghanistan Country Review;2001/2002, p22
Provides an overview on Afghanistan's foreign relations. Afghanistan's policy of neutrality and nonalignment in its foreign relations; Similarity of the country's foreign policy with that of the Soviet Union after the December 1979 Marxist invasion; Afghanistan's relations with the United States.
- The Great Game. // Mother Jones;May/Jun2009, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p46
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- The end of history. Ward, Olivia // New Internationalist;Jun97, Issue 291, p3
Opinion. Focuses on a group of teachers discussing the Afghan war. Who was the chaotic mass of compositions written by; What year did Germany invade Latvia; How much was the pre-war population reduced to in the 1950s.
- Chronology. // Afghanistan;2005, pN.PAG
This section presents a chronology of events in the history of Afghanistan.
- MapSearch: Afghanistan. // Junior Scholastic;2/8/2010, Vol. 112 Issue 11, p12
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