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China was active in Afghanistan ‘every day’ in 1980s. It wants the region’s mineral wealth
It explores the situation of Afghanistan in the late 1980s—when the country was under occupation by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and a coalition of countries were attempting ...
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Pictures from Afghanistan — the powerful and poignant war photography of David Pratt
As Afghanistan still struggles to find an elusive peace, here are a selection of his powerful and poignant photographs taken during the 1980s and 1990s. Afghan guerrilla fighter passes Soviet ...
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1980 Summer Olympics boycott echoes today
The 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow were boycotted in protest of the Soviet Union’s invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. Then–U.S. president Jimmy Carter announced the boycott in February ...