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I've heard many times that during the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the US armed, trained, and funded a new rebel group called Al Queada, recently founded by Osama bin Laden to help fight against the Soviets. What parts, if any, of this claim are true?

by /u/Roses_Are_Red in /r/AskHistorians

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