By aiding the Afghanistan resistance to the Soviet Union,United States helped maintain a Vietnam-like war that kept the Soviets bogged down in its own quagmire.

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This is a commonly held belief that the US support for the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s played a significant role in contributing to the USSR's eventual withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, and also weakened the Soviet Union in other ways.

By Aiding the Afghanistan Resistance to the Soviet Union,United States