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...Afghanistan War, 1978–92, conflict...Ahmed Shah Massoud.The war left Afghanistan with severe political...Afghanistan.See E. Girardet, Afghanistan (1986); A. H. Cordesman...Wagner, Lessons of Modern War, Vol. III (1989......

......are produced especially in S Afghanistan. Grazing is also of great importance...from the general collapse of Afghanistan's industry.Opium, fruits...imports. As a result of civil war, exports have dwindled to...which is derived from opium. Afghanistan is heavily dependent on international......

......following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (see Afghanistan War) he went to Pakistan where...he issued a "declaration of war" against the United States. In its camps in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda trained a decentralized......

......to protect a convoy in Afghanistan, which marked the beginning...control over much of Afghanistan, including Kabul, either...Although the civil war continued, mainly with the Northern Alliance in N Afghanistan, Taliban rule ended......

......against bin Laden and Afghanistan and for measures to...ground raids against Afghanistan, beginning a war whose immediate goals...sporadic fighting in Afghanistan continued, with U...nations as part of the war on terrorism. In February......

......first-strike, pre-emptive war to eliminate threats to national...asked Rumsfeld to undertake a war-plan review. In Jan., 2002...Taliban forced from power in Afghanistan in early 2002, the administration...officials suggested that the "war on terrorism" might be expanded......

......was first used during World War I, when the Germans released...introduced mustard gas later in the war. Afterward, the major powers...actually used it: the British in Afghanistan, the French and Spanish in...employed in combat during World War II, but the Germans did use......

......of these forces were used in the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, operations in Afghanistan (2001), and numerous counterinsurgency...Soviet commandos (Spetsnaz) fought in the Afghanistan War. Israel and Vietnam have particularly proficient......

......Sharif was a center of the Karakul fur trade. During the Afghanistan War, the city was an important link on the line of defenses...subsequent civil war it was the key to the control of N Afghanistan and the defense of Kabul....

......forced migrations since World War II have included the partitioning...at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, more than 600,000...1994. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 led to the migration...Iran.In the 1980s and 90s war and civil strife continued to......