"Nicky" wrote in message
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote :

The Taliban didnt EXIST when the Soviets were around. It emerged as a
movement in 1994, several years after the USSR had ceased to exist
let alone occupy Afghanistan.

They only had a different name.
Mudjahedins, and then they were called freedom fighters :-)


Some Mujahedinn joined the Taliban others joined the Northern Alliance.
The Taliban as such didnt exist when the Soviets occupied Afghanistan

Keith