Who trained them - likely someone from some other country who was trained by the CIA - else look no further that the Tally’s other partner the PLA who has had its Wolf Warriors in Afghan for along time.
My guess, Pakistan and its elite military & intelligence service. Just across the southern border and there you are.
Could the trainers have been the US military itself?
The trainees in the Afghan standing army easily could have been Taliban infiltrators.
“It is still an enigma as to who trained them.”
No, it isn’t.
Pakistan.
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In 1989, using the Taliban as their proxies and with a lot of help from America, Pakistan gave the Soviet Union a big defeat.
In 2021, using the Taliban as their proxies and with a lot of help from America, Pakistan gave the United States a big defeat.