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  1. www.rbth.com › history › 327426-afghan-war-diaryAfghan war diary: How a handful of Soviet soldiers repelled ...

    According to Viktor Dobrovolsky, a veteran of the Afghan war, the most capable mujahideen were sent to take the hill defended by the 9th company paratroopers.

    • Alexey Timofeychev

  2. theconversation.com › from-saigon-to-theFrom Saigon to the Mujahideen: the many historical echoes of ...

    Sep 1, 2021 · Ghani’s fall recalled the end of Mohammad Najibullah, the last communist ruler installed during the Soviet-Afghan War, to a Mujahideen coalition in 1992. Najibullah held power for more than...

  3. www.youtube.com › watchHow the US Trained the Afghan Mujahideen To Produce ... - YouTube

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    Sep 7, 2021 · Behind The Headlines’ Dan Cohen explains a little known effort to train Afghan Islamic fundamentalists in propaganda, and how that effort created a blueprint...

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  4. www.france24.com › en › 20180905-afghan-mujahideenAfghan mujahideen: from holy warriors to political chiefs

    Sep 5, 2018 · But after the Russians left, Afghanistan slipped into civil war as the mujahideen commanders sought to topple the pro-communist government and then turned on each other.

  5. www.pbs.org › newshour › showFormer head of Saudi intelligence recounts America’s ... - PBS

    Nov 25, 2021 · And the Carter administration decides to fund the mujahideen the Afghan fighters who would fight the Soviet Union. There's a formal decision by the middle of 1980 for Saudi Arabia to...

  6. www.thenation.com › article › worldWhat Can We Learn From the War in Afghanistan? | The Nation

    Sep 16, 2021 · The ISI favored the most radical mujahideen groups, calculating that an Islamist-ruled Afghanistan would provide Pakistan with “strategic depth” by ending India’s influence there. / Jeet Heer....

  7. www.tandfonline.com › doi › fullAfghanistan after the Soviets: From jihad to tribalism

    Oct 6, 2014 · In 1989 the Soviet Union withdrew its forces from Afghanistan leaving the embattled Afghan Communist government of President Mohammad Najibullah to fight against an emboldened mujahideen insurgency.