“Our mistake was walking away after the Soviets were driven out.”
We were never there, how could we walk away?
Most the muj didn’t even know we were assisting. All assistance came from pakistan bases set up in the mountains. Unofficial Support came from The United States, China, The UK, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. But everything came through Pakistan. They even would redraw satellite photos into hand written maps done by afghans so they and the soviets wouldn’t know where they came from.
“We were never there, how could we walk away?”
I meant to express that we withdrew our support for a future good outcome.
Instead, the radicals took over.