Why? The Soviet Union was a greater threat to world stability in the 60s and 70s (fomenting revolutions and bankrolling international terror, plus having ICBMs and a blue-water navy with nuke boats) than al-Qaeda or ISIS could ever hope to be. They had to be stopped, and on the geopolitical front it was clear that Afghanistan was their “bridge too far”.
Besides which, there were two dominant factions among the Afghan Mujahideen...we abandoned support of the non-radical faction after they’d served their anti-Soviet purpose, and in the civil war that followed, the Iranian-backed faction won.
What a pant load.
Zbig and Co instigated and funded the Islamic revolution of 1979, an installed the ayatollah.
Completely consistent with the other manure his manipulative Jesuit cohorts have inflicted on the world throughout their serpentine history.
Good riddance.