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  2. Afghanistan–Russia relations - Wikipedia

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    Bilateral relations AfghanistanRussia relations Afghanistan Russia Diplomatic mission Afghan Embassy, Moscow Russian Embassy, Kabul Envoy Charge d'Affaires Jamal Nasir Gharwal Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov Afghan embassy in Moscow, Russia. Russian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Relations between Afghanistan and Russia first emerged in the 19th century. At the time they were placed in the ...

  3. Soviet–Afghan War - Wikipedia

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    In the mid-1980s, the Afghan resistance movement, assisted by the United States, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Egypt, the People's Republic of China and others, contributed to Moscow's high military costs and strained international relations. The U.S. viewed the conflict in Afghanistan as an integral Cold War struggle, and the CIA ...

  4. Consequences and legacy of the Soviet-Afghan War - Wikipedia

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    20th Anniversary of Withdrawal of Soviet Military Forces from Afghanistan, stamp of Belarus, 2009 A meeting of Russian war veterans from Afghanistan, 1990. The war left a long legacy in the former Soviet Union and following its collapse. Along with losses, it brought physical disabilities and widespread drug addiction throughout the USSR. [47]

  5. Panjdeh incident - Wikipedia

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    The Panjdeh Incident (spelled Penjdeh in older accounts, and known in Russian historiography as the Battle of the Kushka) [14] was an armed engagement between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Russian Empire in 1885 that led to a diplomatic crisis between Great Britain and the Russian Empire regarding the Russian expansion south-eastwards towards the Emirate of Afghanistan and the British Raj ...

  6. Foreign relations of Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    The foreign relations of Afghanistan are in a transitional phase since the 2021 fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the collapse of the internationally recognized Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. No country has recognised the new Taliban-run government, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Although some countries have engaged in informal diplomatic ...

  7. Conflict in the Middle East is affecting a key energy ... - AOL

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    Here are key things to know about the threat to Europe's energy supplies from conflict in the Middle East: ... Things were different in 2022 when the war in Ukraine began. Russia's cutoff sent ...

  8. Afghan Boundary Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Afghan Boundary Commission (or Joint Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission) was a joint effort by the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire to determine the northern border of Afghanistan. [1] The Boundary Commission traveled and documented the northern border area during 1884, 1885, and 1886.

  9. Great Game - Wikipedia

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    The Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and Tibet.The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations to acquire and redefine territories in Central and South Asia.