In December 1979, the Soviet Union intervened in Afghanistan expecting a swift stabilization of a friendly regime - but instead ignited one of the most consequential conflicts of the late Cold War.

"Today America is facing the same fate as the former Soviets and trying to escape from our country," the Taliban said in a statement. Purposely issued on the 25th anniversary of the final Soviet ...

I grew up not far from Bagram Airfield, which is located about 60 kilometers north of my childhood home in Kabul. Yet despite that, and the years I spent reporting on the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, ...

Vygaudas Usackas in The Wall Street Journal on lessons from the Soviets and Afghanistan Usackas, now the EU's ambassador to Afghanistan, begins by describing his regiment's successful attempt to avoid ...