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Originally posted by Lil' Hannah
Perhaps you're thinking of the CIA training members of the Taliban.
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That's inaccurate. The Taliban did not exist when the CIA was training the Afgahni resistance to the Soviet invasion. After the Soviet Union retreated, the Afghani resistance fractured into many groups, including the Taliban and the Northern Alliance (which opposed the Taliban.)
Also, getting involved in Afghanistan was crucial in the 1980s. If the Soviet Union managed to conquer Afghanistan, then they were going after Pakistan. Why Pakistan? Look at a map. The Soviet Union would have access to the Indian Ocean, giving the Soviet Navy year round access to the world's oceans. Also, they would have geopolitically divided the world, and possibly would have won the Cold War. This is not a world that any of us would want to live in.
If this is what you mean by "the CIA training members of the Taliban", then thank God that they did.
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