THE AFGHAN WAR

Afghanistan is a region that plays a key role in ensuring stability and exerting influence in Asia... The interests of major world powers have converged in Afghanistan. From 1979 to 1989, the Soviet Union waged war here – a war on which thousands of books have been written, yet not all of the truth has been revealed. Soviet Army commanders, officers of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Russia, Afghan mujahideen scouts and special agents of the CIA, for many years bound to silence by their duty, talk about the secrets of the Afghan military campaign. These words about the past have never been more pertinent for all those concerned with the future – the future of a world where Afghanistan remains one of the hot spots to this day...