Russia's return to Afghanistan; From the bitter memory of defeat to the alliance with the Taliban, Afghanistan again became the scene of a great power contest in February 1989, when the last Soviet soldier crossed the friendship bridge over the Amu Darya and returned to Soviet Uzbekistan, few imagined that the generation of that time would once again witness the return of the Russians to Afghanistan; In particular, some attributed the collapse of the Soviet Union to its disastrous decision to go to war on principle in Afghanistan. This prompted newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal to describe Ahmad Shah Massoud, the commander of the Afghan Mujahideen, as "the Afghan who won the Cold War. Read more Kamal Alam.

Russia's return to Afghanistan; From the bitter memory of defeat to the alliance with the Taliban, Afghanistan again became the scene of a great power contest in February 1989, when the last Soviet soldier crossed the friendship bridge over the Amu Darya and returned to Soviet Uzbekistan, few imagined that the generation of that time would once again witness the return of the Russians to Afghanistan; In particular, some attributed the collapse of the Soviet Union to its disastrous decision to go to war on principle in Afghanistan. This prompted newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal to describe Ahmad Shah Massoud, the commander of the Afghan Mujahideen, as "the Afghan who won the Cold War. Read more Kamal Alam.