Question

During the cold war in the 1980s, the United States support Afghan rebels in if I get the Soviet union. The United States did not support the Taliban, the government that took control in Afghanistan after the Soviets left. Why was the United States opposed to the Taliban?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Ahmed Rashid states that the US indirectly supported the Taliban through its ally in Pakistan between 1994 and 1996 because Washington viewed the Taliban as anti-Iranian, anti-Shia and pro-Western. For example, it made no comment when the Taliban captured Herat in 1995, and expelled thousands of girls from schools.