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The CIA helped the Mujahedin against the USSR; while what we today call the Taliban were mostly infants when the Soviets withdrew...hence, the USA did NOT help in creating the Taliban.
According to the ''International Socialist Review'', the Taliban started as the one of the armed Afghan factions funded by the [[CIA]] during the Afghan conflict against Soviet Union.<ref>http://www.isreview.org/issues/20/ahmed_afghanistan.shtml</ref>
According to the ''International Socialist Review'', the Taliban started as the one of the armed Afghan factions funded by the [[CIA]] during the Afghan conflict against Soviet Union.<ref>http://www.isreview.org/issues/20/ahmed_afghanistan.shtml</ref>
It is however well-known that the USA had backed the battle-hardened "Mujahedin" against the former Soviet Union. The majority of what is today known as the Taliban were infants when the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan ended.
According to the BBC:
According to the BBC: