* [ FILM ] The mariner and the mujahedin Nov 20, 2009
There are a few moments when the story reaches out to the wider world, as with Shamshis Islamic dogma, a Russian veteran of the Soviet-Afghan war who hangs out in a ramshackle camp not far from Amiras semi-nomadic community, and Temurs own unhappy experience in the West as an illegal immigrant. These stories serve to underline the fact that for people from these barren places at the edge of the world, life beyond the mountains is not seen as some kind of promised land, and that hope, the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Afghanistan haunted by Vietnam Oct 28, 2009
Steve Clemons of the nonpartisan New America Foundation said one of the factors in the Soviet-Afghan War -- which pitted the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan with the Soviet military against the Islamist Mujahideen Resistance -- was the brutal attacks inflicted on both fighters and civilians by the Soviets. "[There] was the sense of outrage and grievance at some of the things that they had done and the triggering of a deeply felt emotional antagonism to the Soviet effort to... (CNN)
Afghanistan: Fighting In A "Hornet's Nest" Sep 8, 2009
"Before 1980 Afghanustan produced 0% of the worlds opium. After the US/CIA backed Mujahideen won the Soviet Afghan war, by 1886 they were producing 40% of the world''s heroin supply. By 1999 they were producing 80% of the total market supply. But then something unexpexted happened... The Taliban rose to power, and by 2000 they had destroyed most of the opium fields. Production dropped from 3000+ tons to only 165 tons, a 94% reduction. On sept. 5th 2001, the full Afghanistan invasion plans were... (CBS News -- World)
Will Afghanistan be Obama's Vietnam? May 30, 2009
By the time the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989 at the end of the Soviet-Afghan War, nearly 14,000 of it soldiers had been killed. Nearly one million more were either wounded or, because of the harsh climactic and sanitary conditions, fell ill. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
How can the Taleban be defeated? May 7, 2009
The question should be " How can we defeated Pakistani and Afghan people from America " As you know,Taliban has been created by America in Soviet-Afghan war to avoid Soviet risk on Middle East--Taliban won against Soviet troops, took gun from America which made poor Taliban as powerful. However, American ideology failed now because Taliban is fighting against them who went their country for illegal occupation like Iraq ,in future will be same Iran and Syria. (BBC News)
Muslim Battalions Feb 17, 2009
On 27 December 1979 - in an event that effectively marked the start of the Soviet-Afghan war - Soviet special forces stormed the Tajbeg Palace in Kabul and killed President Hafizullah Amin ... "Military action in Panjshir was ineffective," said Sergei Domnin, an Almaty-based journalist specialising in the Soviet-Afghan war. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Cannabis 'affecting young minds' Feb 17, 2009
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Brain 'can beat early blindness' Feb 17, 2009
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Terracotta army's new UK formation Feb 17, 2009
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British actors dominate TV Globes Feb 17, 2009
" Other British successes at the Los Angeles ceremony included Sacha Baron Cohen, named best actor in a film musical or comedy for Borat. Screenwriter Peter Morgan collected the best screenplay award for The Queen. Babel was named best film drama, and Dreamgirls best musical or comedy movie, while Martin Scorsese won the best director honour for The Departed. FILM AWARDS 2007 ACADEMY AWARDS NEWS OSCARS SPOTLIGHT OTHER AWARDS NEWS HAVE YOUR SAY RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible... (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)
America's Worst Allies Feb 12, 2009
The Mujahideen of the Soviet-Afghan War. Yes, with our help they managed the only major defeat suffered by the Soviet Army and in so doing they probably help precipitate the decline and fall of the Soviet empire. (Slate)
