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1
Afghanistan's army disintegrated in 1992 after Western-
backed
mujahideen
fighters overthrew an earlier Soviet-backed government.
2
In 1988, the Soviet army left Afghanistan after a concerted campaign by the western-
backed
mujahideen
.
3
The American-
backed
mujahideen
drove out the Russians in 1989 after 10 years of occupation, but American interest faded quickly.