Two other Americans, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, were released from Afghanistan this year in a deal struck during the ...

Students at the American University of Afghanistan in Qatar fear having to return to their Taliban-ruled homeland after aid ...

As of the beginning of 2025, nine countries possess an estimated 12,331 nuclear warheads and some are still increasing their ...

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As the decades unfold and throughout the entire Cold War, European countries are able ... you saw our allies come to our aid in Afghanistan and elsewhere. So there were, over the years, a series ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

The Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the ... the Soviets and the Republic of Afghanistan - backed by the US, UK, China ...

The problem is what if it works? If it works, and this large Afghan security force produces an end to the war and peace in Afghanistan, are we going to be willing to continue to pay $2-3 billion a ...

A polar vortex collapse could bring cold weather to the UK later this month, the Met Office has warned. The weather forecaster said there is a 70% chance of a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW ...

That was the holy grail of Soviet leaders, from Joseph Stalin to Leonid Brezhnev, during the Cold War. But the multi-generational, bipartisan leadership of American presidents from Harry Truman to ...

They've been referred to as the Agent Orange of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Burn pits were used by the United States military to dispose of rubbish including chemicals, plastics, rubber ...

It’s -3 C and still dark when Dylan Friedmann arrives at the beach, and for her, this is mild weather. She walks across the frozen, snow-covered sand to the water’s edge, tosses down a yoga ...