Afghanistan: The Rise of the Taliban (2021)
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The Majahadine and the Soviets
The c i a thought we might actual succeed. And by the way, these afghans deserve the money and the arms to see this fight through. So then they started to provide weapons like stingers. The stinge missa capable of a moving target five kilometers away. Shoulder fired, ground two air missiles that could knock soviet helicopters out of the sky. We lost a third of our men and of all our helicopters. That did tip the balance of the war and were helped to the majahadine wore down the soviet army. They pulled the last of their soldiers out of afghonistan, endinga decade of occupation.
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