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At the time, Afghanistan, United States, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia backed Mujahideen against Stalinist regime and provoked USSR into invading and occupying the country. ..…

For Moscow, that region had higher priority overlooking Saudi Arabia, which would give Soviet Union control of the maritime route from the western part of USSR to Vladivostok in Far East. ..…

Generally for the West and particularly the US, the Afghan proxy war was only aimed at defeating the USSR. But for regional powers like Pakistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia the objectives were more than defeating the Communist Soviet Union. ..…

Thus, Democratic President Jimmy Carter and Republican Ronald Regan both collaborated with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to back Mujahideen during the popular uprising against USSR and occupation of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. ..…