because they were made at each other
Afghanistan
Afghanistan was invaded by " The Soviet Union "
The Soviet Union fought a war in Afghanistan as an ally of the then Afghan government. The United States armed the Islamist insurgents in alliance with Pakistan.
The war was between the former Soviet Union and Afghanistan, started when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.
Yes, with the Soviet War, No with the US war.
Afghanistan
Soviet/Afghanistan War
al-Qaeda was founded in the late 1980s as a backlash to the Soviet war in Afghanistan. It was started by militants such as Osama bin Laden and Abdullah Azzam. Their goal was the spread of Islam.
the movement of Soviet troops to Afghanistan
In small soviet controlled cities outside of the mountains grasp.
The Soviet Army invaded AFghanistan in the 1980's and lost because they didn't get were caught in a quagmire.
The Soviet War in Afghanistan. See more information at the link provided below.