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Mujahideen
![How the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Strengthened Pakistan’s Military Deep State How the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Strengthened Pakistan’s Military Deep State](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-03-190717.jpg)
How the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Strengthened Pakistan’s Military Deep State
By Dhruv Banerjee
The invasion sparked an internationally supported process of militarization and Islamization that cemented the military's power.
![Afghanistan, Then and Now Afghanistan, Then and Now](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-12-173901.jpg)
Afghanistan, Then and Now
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with author Chris Woolf.
![Ahmad Shah Massoud: An Afghan Napoleon Ahmad Shah Massoud: An Afghan Napoleon](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-09-28-12.jpg)
Ahmad Shah Massoud: An Afghan Napoleon
By Catherine Putz
Renowned British journalist Sandy Gall’s biography of Massoud comes at a critical time for Afghanistan.
![India in Afghanistan After the Soviet Withdrawal India in Afghanistan After the Soviet Withdrawal](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_8610251558.jpg)
India in Afghanistan After the Soviet Withdrawal
By Avinandan Choudhury
India’s tough experience in post-1989 Afghanistan could hold lessons for weathering a U.S. troop withdrawal.
![How 1980 Laid the Groundwork for China’s Major Foreign Policy Challenges How 1980 Laid the Groundwork for China’s Major Foreign Policy Challenges](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-18_21-39-45.jpg)
How 1980 Laid the Groundwork for China’s Major Foreign Policy Challenges
By Bonnie Girard
China’s policies on Afghanistan, Xinjiang, Russia, terrorism, and the trade war – all have their roots in the late Cold War era.
![Hezb-i-Islami and Its New Constitutional Vision Hezb-i-Islami and Its New Constitutional Vision](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-rts151o5.jpg)
Hezb-i-Islami and Its New Constitutional Vision
By Shamshad Pasarlay
Implications for the long-delayed constitutional reform in Afghanistan.
![The Rise of China-Afghanistan Security Relations The Rise of China-Afghanistan Security Relations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-22_18-36-18.jpg)
The Rise of China-Afghanistan Security Relations
By Ahmad Bilal Khalil
Over the past two years, China-Afghan security cooperation has reached unprecedented levels.
![Afghanistan and The Stinger Myth Afghanistan and The Stinger Myth](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-01_13-53-25.jpg)
Afghanistan and The Stinger Myth
By Franz-Stefan Gady
What actually forced the Soviets to withdraw from Afghanistan in 1989?
![Afghanistan’s Mujahideen and a Fragile Peace Afghanistan’s Mujahideen and a Fragile Peace](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-04_14-55-51.jpg)
Afghanistan’s Mujahideen and a Fragile Peace
By Ali Reza Sarwar
The continuing role of mujahideen leaders in Afghan politics puts the country’s future at risk.
![Commonwealth Terror Threat Commonwealth Terror Threat](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sizes/thumbnail/15711_527c49d6ab0a8.jpg)
Commonwealth Terror Threat
Anti-India terrorists may hit the Games- where live international coverage is guaranteed.
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