President Jimmy Carter expanded the CIA's covert Operation Cyclone program to $50 million and approved channeling U.S. aid to the Afghan resistance through Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, which distributed assistance to seven selected mujahedeen groups.
Sources
- Afghanistan: Remembering the Long, Long War We Would Rather Forget (warontherocks.com)
- https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-united-states-and-the-mujahideen/ (courses.lumenlearning.com)
- https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v19/d449 (history.state.gov)
- https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Operation_Cyclone (wikispooks.com)
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