"There wasn't a major power supplying the Afghans, they just had the will to fight" is the spiciest take especially in relation to Ukraine and his promotion of weapons shipments there

  • DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    The wests guy Hekmatyar was an enemy of the Taliban from the start, they have very different roots(Hekmatyars Hezb-i islami came from western funding and pashtu refugees in pakistan, the Taliban came from mullahs in the south around Herat), but are both Mujaheedin.