A batch of FCO files on the Afghan insurgency of the 1980s has just been released by the National Archives in London strangely revealed parallels with the Syrian crisis.
Something Old, Something New
16:37 GMT 24.08.2016 (Updated: 16:38 GMT 24.08.2016)
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It seems that some old tricks of the West never change.