Operation Cyclone

When

1979 – 1989

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

34.28° N, 12.81° E

Description

1979 to 1989 CIA programme

Placed at the middle of the 3 countries Wikidata lists.

1970s–90s CIA program to fund Afghan militants

Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program to arm and finance the Afghan mujahideen in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992, prior to and during the military intervention by the Soviet Union in support of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The mujahideen were also supported by Britain's MI6, who conducted their own separate covert actions.

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