1979 to invade Afghanistan? And when and why

did Mikhail Gorbachev decide to pull out Soviet

troops nearly ten years later? What was the role of the US..........

covert assistance program, in particular the Stinger missiles?

What role did CIA intelligence play? How did the Afghan

War’s history, a key step in the rise of militant Islam, intersect

with the history of the final decade of the Cold War?

muted in its reaction to President Obama’s new strategy

for the war in Afghanistan. As Spain assumes the EU presidency

the Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has

yet to convince that he is committed to winning the war in

Afghanistan. To do so he must provide sufficient military and civilian

resources for Spain to prevail against the Taliban in its area of

operations in Badghis Province and lead a greatly enhanced

European commitment to Afghanistan and Pakistan during Spain’s

EU presidency.

Security, and U.S. Policy

in a Regional and International Context

Going home is just the start

of Afghans' long road back

than Texas. In terms of its mountain ruggedness and its climate of hot summers and bitterly cold

winters, it is much like Wyoming. Temperatures vary according to altitude, but in general the average

highs are above 90° F in the summers, and the winter lows drop well below freezing.

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