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- Afghānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto ... Afghanistan is a multi-ethnic state at a nexus where numerous Eurasian ...50 KB (7,441 words) - 05:59, 16 June 2023
- The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...43 KB (6,372 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- on several audiotapes, for numerous acts of terrorism in Iraq and Jordan ... movement, Zarqawi opposed the presence of United States and Western military ...57 KB (8,842 words) - 17:21, 17 December 2022
- "Respected Leader"), was one of the most prominent and highly ... at war with Britain have been the cause of arguments among historians ...36 KB (5,476 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- laureate, statesman, scholar, and author of books and articles on U.S. ... to have endured until the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 00:39, 3 January 2024
- The period between the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and ... The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 in support of an embryonic ...49 KB (7,114 words) - 22:28, 7 January 2024
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... in the world. Its territory was a part of the pre-partitioned British ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- (CIA) is an intelligence-gathering agency of the United States government ... The CIA's elite division is called the Directorate of Operations ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of ... Operation Downfall consisted of two parts--Operation Olympic and Operation ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- 7, 1944), German politician, was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. ... diplomacy and negotiation must replace use of force not only in resolving ...24 KB (3,672 words) - 17:35, 14 December 2023
- Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed ... situations, propaganda involves deception of the audience, for a purpose ...32 KB (4,797 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- ("lucky place"), is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan ... Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture ...20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- in the twentieth century. When one side of a conflict participates in ... War, the Vietnam War, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Since the end ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- is the rustic 125-acre mountain retreat of the President of the United ... name from Dwight Eisenhower, in honor of his grandson, Dwight David ...11 KB (1,604 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as the Premier ... During the Great Patriotic War (World War II), Kosygin was a member ...60 KB (8,496 words) - 22:35, 29 April 2023
- and a noted writer. After the formation of Pakistan, Khan became a controversial ... Mujahidin resistance of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Khan opposed ...27 KB (3,941 words) - 22:56, 3 March 2023
- Guerrilla warfare (also spelled guerilla) is a method of combat by ... While some efforts on the part of guerrilla forces can be understood ...49 KB (7,286 words) - 23:47, 6 March 2023
- Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous ... and 660,000 displaced, and all but 25,000 of the more than 400,000 ethnic ...43 KB (6,221 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- In the Cold War, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan marked the end ... held a signing ceremony. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in late 1979 ...56 KB (8,252 words) - 21:54, 3 January 2024
- or other ideological goals. Most definitions of terrorism include only those ... labels to condemn violence or threat of violence by certain actors ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
