Foreign policy

Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry lately publicised that China was funding a Mountain Garrison in the north-eastern mountainous areas between the two countries. The Ministry said that it had already started working on staffing and establishing process. The announcement came after a meeting between Xu Qiliang, the Vice Chairman of China’s Central …

Disclaimer: This article was first published elsewhere and is republished here with recommendation and full permission of the author. By Mushtaq Rahim On December 27, 1979 Russian forces invaded Afghanistan through a direct military intervention, commencing a disastrous epoch of Afghan history. Exactly 37 years later, Russia was once again meddling in …