Rare color photos from the 1980s bring the the U.S.S.R.'s "hidden war" to light.
'Jihad By Camera': How U.S.-Trained Afghans Photographed The Soviet Invasion
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Mujahedin during a meeting in Parwan Province.
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A Soviet helicopter thunders low over a village.
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A Soviet-made missile being fired by the mujahedin. Most of the CIA-funded weapons supplied to the Islamic militants were made in the U.S.S.R.
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Mujahedin fighters firing a recoilless rifle. A U.S. official recalled that the CIA bought such weapons from various sources, including a corrupt unit of the Soviet Army in Afghanistan.