U.S. in Afghanistan: Soviet Military Lessons Mostly Neglected
... despite advice from their Russian counterparts, the White House and the DoD gave little regard to rebuilding the Afghan economy, infrastructure projects, and modernizing the country’s agriculture sector, which is currently focused on narcotics. The USSR left the country after building 150 facilities, with the same number underway. It built the 2.7-kilometer-long Salang tunnel – a world record at the time – through a strategic pass in the Hindu Kush Mountains to link the northern and ...
30.05.2014