Taliban insurgency
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The Taliban insurgency began after the group's fall from power during the 2001 war in Afghanistan. The Taliban forces fought against the Afghan government, led by President Hamid Karzai, and later by
Insurgent regions in Afghanistan and border regions of Pakistan, as of 2010
Afghan conflict
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The Afghan conflict is the series of events that have kept Afghanistan in a near-continuous state of armed conflict since the 1970s. Early instability followed the collapse of the Kingdom of Afghanist
Soviet troops returning home from Afghanistan during the Soviet–Afghan War in October 1986
A Soviet Spetsnaz group prepares for a mission in 1988
Ruins in Kabul in 1993
Taliban border guard in 2001