Soviet war in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan the war is usually called the Soviet war in Afghanistan ( "Pah Afghanistan ke Shuravi Jagera", "Jang-e Shuravi dar Afghanestan"). In Russia and elsewhere in the former Soviet Union it is usually called the Afghan war (, , , ); it is sometimes simply referred to as "Afgan" (Russian: Афган), with the understanding that this refers to the war (just as the Vietnam War is often called "Vietnam" or just "'Nam" in the United States).