The Afghan War, also called the Russo-Afghan War or the Afghan-Soviet War, by the Afghan Islamist mujahideen, was the first phase of the extensive conflict of the Afghan Civil War. The conflict took place between April 1978 and April 1992, during which the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (RDA), supported by the Soviet Army, from December 1979 to February 1989, fought against the Mujahideen insurgents. groups of Afghan Islamic guerrillas supported by numerous foreign countries, highlighting the United States, who provided them with huge amounts of arms and money. The conflict is considered part of the Cold War.
