1. The Afghan Communist forces were filled with mujahidin informers and sympathizers.

2. Later, the Reagan administration gave the mujahidin stinger missiles with which they neutralized Soviet helicopters.

3. Fighting erupted among the various mujahidin factions, and this helped to spawn the Taliban, a hardline movement that fought to end warlordism and civil war that gripped the country.

4. Some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists.

5. But it also cites several groups of mujahidin associated with al-Qaida who have planned, but not carried out, attacks in Europe using easily produced chemicals.

6. As I saw during the 1980's anti-Soviet struggle, every military offensive by the Soviets and their puppet Afghan regime was telegraphed to the mujahidin resistance days in advance.

7. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, but was forced to withdraw 10 years later by anti-Communist mujahidin forces.