Afghan Jihad
Afghanistan | 1979
In 1979, the mujahideen of Afghanistan rebelled against an Soviet-backed central government. The US threw its financial and technological resources behind the rebel movement, offering support in any way it could. As far back as 1979 in the remote Kumar Valley, the US was arming the likes Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and his organisation Hezb-e-Islami - the very group that would go on to wage a vicious c…