soviet occupation, 1979-1989

A graphic novel and photo journal that follows reporter Didier Lefevre on a dangerous journey through Afghanistan with the Doctors Without Borders mission.

A young Afghani woman who grew up during the wars of the 1980s and 1990s and the rise of the Taliban describes the terror she has witnessed in her homeland and the work she has done to change other women's fates through the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).

Discusses the origins, events, conclusion, and aftermath of the conflict in Afghanistan following the invasion by the Soviets.

Chronicles the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan and discusses how the end result was a consequence of decisions made by Russians, Afghans, and Americans.

Examines both sides of the nine-year military conflict between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan, which lasted from 1979 until 1989, from the perspectives of soldiers; and compares this conflict to the twenty-first-century American invasion of Afghanistan.

Reveals the CIA's and other foreign intelligence agencies' covert operations in Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion in 1979 through the summer of 2001, discussing how their efforts helped bin Laden build his global organization of terrorists.

In the late 1970s, Hajdar leaves his village in the countryside of Afghanistan for the excitement of the capital city Kabul, but he and his family are swept up in the turmoil when the Soviet Union invades his country.

Recounts the events surrounding the last battle of the Cold War and discusses how those events fueled the new jihad and led to the rise of militant Islam.