TASS/. Russia is in talks with US representatives to confirm media reports that a Soviet pilot, who went missing in Afghanistan in 1987 after his plane was shot down, has been found and that he ...

On Feb. 3, 2005, 104 people aboard an Afghan airliner died when it crashed in the mountains near Kabul. It was Afghanistan's worst air disaster.

As everything collapsed and fell apart, many Afghan Air Force pilots at Kabul International ... but they are independent in maintaining Soviet/Russian-origin Mi-17s and Mi-171s.

Until a Soviet pilot defected 40 years ago, yesterday. The BBC has the story of Flight Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko and the mysterious MiG-25. Belenko, a disillusioned Soviet fighter pilot ...

The reality in Afghanistan and the region provides a lot for peacemakers to work with -- if we can look past gloomy predictions. 40 years ago, the Soviet Union eliminated a communist rival from ...

VOA Pakistan Bureau Chief Sarah Zaman reports from Islamabad that Afghan refugees awaiting resettlement in the U.S. face an uncertain future. Camera: Wajid Asad. Video editor: Ali Hussain.

When asked whether the Soviet Union should have sent troops to Afghanistan, 42% of those polled said no, while 31% said yes. Another 27% found it difficult to answer the question. Most of those ...