Blowback Chronicles - CIA & Afghanistan

Blowback chronicles

Giles Foden on the murky deals that fuelled
international terrorism
Special report: Afghanistan
Special report: Terrorism in the US

Giles Foden
Guardian

Saturday September 15, 2001

During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, US officials passed
billions in funding and training to the mojahedin. The CIA, in
particular while under the direction of William Casey - head of
the agency during the Reagan administration - was the main
manager of these operations. With the Russian withdrawal in
1989, the CIA \"celebrated its victory with champagne\". So says
Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International
Terrorism (Pluto Press,