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Afghanistan helps Cold War ex-foes bury hatchet

Afghanistan’s troubled history of recent decades, with internal fighting, an invasion by Russia in 1979 and later, Nato troops in the country, served 20 November as the focus of a historic agreement between Nato countries and Russia. The Nato-Soviet military foes of the Cold War saw their world change in 1985 with the Reagan-Gorbachev summit …