
Operation Cyclone (1979-1989) was the CIA's largest covert operation, spending over $3 billion to arm Afghan mujahideen fighters against the Soviet Union. Many of these fighters later became Taliban and Al-Qaeda commanders. National Security Adviser Brzezinski admitted the US deliberately drew the Soviets into Afghanistan as a trap, and later asked: 'What is more important? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire?'
CIA's $3 Billion Program Armed the Militants Who Became Al-Qaeda and the Taliban
“What is more important? Taliban or collapse of the Soviet empire?”
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