CIA boasts about fighting Soviets in Afghanistan after decades of war in the country
US Central Intelligence Agency is boasting about fighting Soviets in Afghanistan decades after launching a deadly war along with its allies on the resourceful country.
In a piece published by the CIA website, titled Stinger Missile Launcher, the US spy agency claimed that the missiles were used to “destroy the dreaded Mi-24D helicopter gunships deployed by the Soviets to enforce their control over Afghanistan.”
The Stinger missiles supplied by the United States gave Afghan guerrillas, generally known as the Mujahideen, the ability to destroy the dreaded Mi-24D helicopter gunships deployed by the Soviets to enforce their control over Afghanistan. #HISTINT #Museum
— CIA (@CIA) April 6, 2021
“By 1989, the Soviet Union had concluded that the fight was not worth the cost and withdrew from the country,” it added.
It drew backlash on social media with users reminding the spy agency of the role the US military has played in war-ravaged Afghanistan to this day.
“Gotta love the CIA boasting about arming the group the seeded Al Qaeda, who we’ve supposedly been at global war with since 9/11,” read one tweet.
Gotta love the CIA boasting about arming the group the seeded Al Qaeda, who we’ve supposedly been at global war with since 9/11.... https://t.co/GDfSj4dpbv
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) April 6, 2021
This is while the US has allegedly been trying to come to terms with Taliban and withdraw forces from the country.
Under a February 2020 “peace” deal between the Taliban and the Trump administration, Washington vowed to withdraw all 2,500 US troops remaining in Afghanistan. In return, the Taliban pledged to stop attacks on US troops.
Remember when it was not cool to admit that the CIA funded the Mujahideen?
— Tomas Cisneros Laverty (@lavurty) April 6, 2021
However, attacks continue to plague the South Asian nation.
The US is supposed to withdraw its troops and personnel from Afghanistan by May 1.
It invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 under the pretext of the so-called war against terror.
Washington has spent more than trillions of dollars waging war on the impoverished country, which has left thousands of Afghan civilians and American soldiers dead.
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