Execution of a Traitor During the War in Afghanistan, 1980

It was June 1980, just six months after the Soviet Union had invaded its souther…

The Soviet War in Afghanistan in Rare Historical Pictures, 1979-1989

The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a nine-year period involving the Soviet forces…

Rare Photographs of a Bygone Afghanistan From the 1950s and 1960s

This is Afghanistan of 1950s and 1960s. Lots of people would think that they wil…

An Afghan Mujahideen Aims a FIM-92 Stinger Missile at Passing Soviet Aircraft, 1988

A guerrilla soldier aims a Stinger missile at passing aircraft near a remote reb…