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While most of us would like to think we are knowledgeable when it comes to contemporary international wars, the information sources like TV and newspapers through which we receive our world news are oftentimes brief and incomplete. ** WHII.47 Explain the rise and funding of Islamic fundamentalism in the last half of the 20th century and identify the major events and forces in the Middle East over the last several decades. C. defeat of the Soviet Union by the Mujahideen in Afghanistan: ** The Mujahideen of Afghanistan was supported by the United states and was given money and guns. After, Mujahideen turned into Al-Qaeda.

Islamic fundamentalists are strongly against Western ideas such as secular influences. The Mujahideen in Afghanistan fought against the Soviet Union over a more fundamentalist Islamic government from 1972-1992. They also wanted to overthrow Communist rule in the Soviet Union for almost nine years. While the Soviet Union found allies in The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, the Mujahideen had other sources like the U.S and the United Kingdom. The mujahideen received arms from Pakistan and Iran.The Mujahideen were also aided by the USA, Saudi Arabia, The United Kingdom, and China. With the aid of many countries the Mujahideen were able to defeat the Soviet Army. The Soviet Army decided to withdraw also because the war was a costly drag on their bad economy.The war of the Soviet Union and Mujahideen in Afghanistan lasted almost 10 years.

Islamic Jihadism continue to reinforce each other even while opposing each other.

"Some suggest Islamism's tenets are less strict and can be defined as a form of identity politics or support for Muslim identity, authenticity, broader regionalism, revivalism, and revitalization of the community".

It was a jihad for Afghanistan. So that is why they help defeat the Soviet Union.

The Mujahideen were supported by the United states while the Soviet Union was depleted from the Cold War and could not afford another long war.

The Mujahideen, the guerrilla fighters who battled the Soviet army from 1979 – 1989, when the Soviets withdrew in defeat.

The Mujahideen was fighting an internal conflict with the communist government of Afghanistan. The government was aided by the Soviet Union, and once the Soviet cut off its help the Mujahideen won.

The Soviet War in Afghanistan lasted for about ten years.

Government of the democratic public of Afghanistan against the mujahideen resistance on December 27th 1979. The Mujahideen in Afghanistan fought against the Soviet Union in 1997 over religon. The Mujahideen was funded and armed by different countries including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the U.S.

The best-known mujahideen were the various loosely aligned [|Afghan] opposition groups, which initially rebelled against the incumbent pro-Soviet [|Democratic Republic of Afghanistan] (DRA) government during the late 1970s. At the DRA's request, the [|Soviet Union] intervened. The mujahideen then fought against Soviet and DRA troops during the [|Soviet war in Afghanistan].

The Mujahadeen were an Islamic fighters who were supported by multiple countries allied with the US, they were the fighters who repelled the Soviet Union, and today those weapons that were given to the Mujahadeen are used against the US.

The mujahideen were people doing jihad. The us equipped them with money and weapons.

The countries that once supported the U.S. are now causing conflict with weapons given to them agaisnt the U.S. and not against what used to be the Soviet Union.

This conflict was a battle of the Soviet Union and the Mujahideen but the Mujahideen had an advantage because several powerful countries joined with them like the U.S.

Islamic fundamentalists are against Western ideas, so they made everything in every part of everyday have to do with Islam, taking away some freedoms of the people, which made some very angry.

The Mujahideen defeated the Soviet Union because the United States supported them and gave them money and weapons so they could defeat the common enemy, the Soviet Union.

 The Soviet Union announced in 1989 that the last of its troops had left Afghanistan nine years after entering the country. Soviet authorities hailed the withdrawal as a victory, but most observers felt it was a major defeat for the Red army. President Leonid Brezhnev dispatched forces to support the struggling Marxist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the Islamist Mujahideen Resistance on December 24, 1979. The mujahideen were soon supported by the United States, Britain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Muslim nations in the Cold War.

Read more at Suite101: [|**Soviet Troops Leave Afghanistan: Major Defeat for USSR in Cold War**] [|**http://www.suite101.com/content/soviet-troops-leave-afghanistan-a202096#ixzz12O54eqoA**] When the Soviet Union was defeated by the Mujahideen, by the aid of many countries, it further weakened the U.S.S.R. and was a key event for its downfall.

The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving the Soviet Union. It started on December 27, 1979.

The Muhajideen were people involved in a jihad that lasted ten years.

The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan at their own request against the Muhajideen Resistance.

Mujahidden are muslim fighters.