“Brezhnev took Afghanistan and Begin took Beirut”, sang Roger Waters back in 1983. Forty-three years after Pink Floyd’s last album, Moscow is back in Kabul while the Israelis are in Lebanon. Almost half a century after the Soviet Union sent the 40th Army across the Amu Darya, Russia is securing Afghanistan. Except this time, there are no tanks, no Stingers, no Mujahideen. Moscow is taking Kabul without firing a shot.
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