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The Carter administration and CIA created and armed the rebel (or terrorist groups according to the Soviets) before the Soviet invasion in 1979 according to rec
by 1cvmask 5y ago
The Carter administration and CIA created and armed the rebel (or terrorist groups according to the Soviets) before the Soviet invasion in 1979 according to recently declassified documents:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/07/history-trump-cia-was-arming-afghan-rebels-before-soviets-invaded/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/07/history-tr...
Wonder how Afghanistan would have been had Carter not armed those groups.
- christkv 5y agoThe same, the British also ventured into Afghanistan a century before and also gave up.