Submitted by lloyd705 t3_10m2taw in explainlikeimfive
Peter_deT t1_j63gz6f wrote
Reply to comment by monkChuck105 in ELI5: How is donating equipment to participate in war, not considered going to war? by lloyd705
Again, not quite. The original Mujahiddin were mostly Pashtun tribal groups, armed and trained by the US. The Taliban were religious students from both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border who grew support after the mujahiddin factions proved incapable of providing any kind of order.
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