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Withdrawal, 17 african countries abstained, including senegal. >> theres also a strong strand of thought in african diplomacy that says african states should maintain the principle of non-interference. and so they shouldnt get caught up in proxy wars between the east and the west as some states did get caught up in proxy wars during the cold war for instance. >> reporter: nelson mandela once put it like this. it is a mistake to, quote, think that their enemies should be our enemies. south africa...

Of thought in african diplomacy that says african states should maintain the principle of non-interference, and so they shouldnt get caught up in proxy wars between the east and the west as some states get caught up in proxy wars during the cold war for instance. >> reporter: nelson mandela once put it like this. it is a mistake to, quote, think that their enemies should be our enemies. south africa also abtastained fm the u.n. vote and president cyril ramaphosa has since blamed nato for conside...

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Depending on how one interprets the United States’s actions in Syria, this is either part of a tradition of proxy wars between these countries, or a one-sided conflict between the United States and Russia.

2001, they took the city. the taliban and al-qaeda fled to the mountains. today, after 20 years of western intervention in afghanistan, countless deaths, and trillions of dollars spent, history has turned full circle. the taliban are back in power. many afghans now fear a dark and uncertain future, while the us and western allies have left the field, humiliated by just a few tens of thousands of modestly armed fighters. afghanistan, so long the site for proxy wars between nations, militias, and ...

There can be no worse example of perfidy than two British Generals -- one commanding the Indian Army and other commanding the Pakistani Army -- conniving in the kabaili (tribal) invasion of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 after the state had ...