Why Russia is Back in Afghanistan

Lewis, DG
Date: 14 November 2017
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The Conversation
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The Conversation Trust (UK) Limited
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Abstract
Three decades after a humiliating military defeat in Afghanistan, Russia has returned to the scene. The Kremlin is covertly supporting the Taliban and other groups, and hosting regional talks with Pakistan, Iran and China. Whereas Moscow was strongly opposed to the Taliban throughout Afghanistan’s civil war in the 1990s, it seems a ...
Three decades after a humiliating military defeat in Afghanistan, Russia has returned to the scene. The Kremlin is covertly supporting the Taliban and other groups, and hosting regional talks with Pakistan, Iran and China. Whereas Moscow was strongly opposed to the Taliban throughout Afghanistan’s civil war in the 1990s, it seems a U-turn is underway.
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Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology

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