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Rather irrelevant. Also something that is somewhat incorrect. Taliban specifically wasn't the creation of Pakistani military intelligence to fight Soviet Invasi

by erklik 8y ago

Rather irrelevant. Also something that is somewhat incorrect. Taliban specifically wasn't the creation of Pakistani military intelligence to fight Soviet Invasion funded by the CIA. 1. The Soviet invasion wasn't really an invasion considering it was on a request by the current government to pacify the rebels i.e. Assad, Russia and Syria recently. ( not sure if officially requested support but there is a clear mutual understanding ). 2. Taliban as a group didn't exist during or before the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. The group you are thinking of is the Mujahideen, which were basically decentralised groups with local warlords leading them. The seven main mujahideen parties later allied as the political bloc called Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen. So, eventually the Soviet retreated in around 1989 and the DRA ( the government of Afghanistan ) also fell around 1992. However, the Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen actually couldn't form a united government which lead to infighting i.e. various groups basically fighting over Kabul. While this was happening, a man named Mullah Omar from a small village started a movement which eventually became the Taliban. So, to say that the Taliban was funded by the CIA is pretty incorrect, and so is to say that it was created to fight the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.

democracy 8y ago
Tomatos, tomatoes - same tribes doing the same thing (whatever in that particular year they were called), and yes they were trained in Pakistan (or Pakistani-controlled area or whatever - there are no real borders there) and yes, they were getting CIA help.
- darkpuma 8y ago
  You should be aware that the Soviet-Afghan War started as an Afghan Civil War, between the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (the ruling Afghani communists) and the Afghani civilian populace who were being brutally repressed under that government. It was that communist government that requested Soviet intervention in Afghanistan; an invitation that the Soviets declined for over a year. It was the opinion of the Soviets that the PDP were being unnecessarily brutal. The first thing the Soviets did when they finally did move into Afghanistan was murder the then current head of the PDP, Hafizullah Amin. Amin had come into power by ordering the murder of the previous communist leader of Afghanistan, Nur Muhammad Taraki, who had also been chastised by the Soviets for brutality. The key point here is that Afghanistan was already in a civil war before the Soviets entered the country. It was that civil disorder that prompted Taraki to request Soviet intervention. The fighting in Afghanistan did not start with the Soviet 'invasion' of Afghanistan, it started as a response to the Saur Revolution.
  - baybal2 8y ago
    > You should be aware that the Soviet-Afghan War started as an Afghan Civil War, between the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (the ruling Afghani communists) and the Afghani civilian populace who were being brutally repressed under that government. And that itself was a continuation of a slow brewing civil conflict going since colonial times in mid 19th century.

by erklik 8y ago

democracy 8y ago

Tomatos, tomatoes - same tribes doing the same thing (whatever in that particular year they were called), and yes they were trained in Pakistan (or Pakistani-controlled area or whatever - there are no real borders there) and yes, they were getting CIA help.

darkpuma 8y ago
You should be aware that the Soviet-Afghan War started as an Afghan Civil War, between the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (the ruling Afghani communists) and the Afghani civilian populace who were being brutally repressed under that government. It was that communist government that requested Soviet intervention in Afghanistan; an invitation that the Soviets declined for over a year. It was the opinion of the Soviets that the PDP were being unnecessarily brutal. The first thing the Soviets did when they finally did move into Afghanistan was murder the then current head of the PDP, Hafizullah Amin. Amin had come into power by ordering the murder of the previous communist leader of Afghanistan, Nur Muhammad Taraki, who had also been chastised by the Soviets for brutality. The key point here is that Afghanistan was already in a civil war before the Soviets entered the country. It was that civil disorder that prompted Taraki to request Soviet intervention. The fighting in Afghanistan did not start with the Soviet 'invasion' of Afghanistan, it started as a response to the Saur Revolution.
- baybal2 8y ago
  > You should be aware that the Soviet-Afghan War started as an Afghan Civil War, between the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (the ruling Afghani communists) and the Afghani civilian populace who were being brutally repressed under that government. And that itself was a continuation of a slow brewing civil conflict going since colonial times in mid 19th century.