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    10 months ago

    Although the mujahideen were aided by the Pakistani, American, British, Chinese and Saudi governments, the mujahideen’s primary source of funding was private donors and religious charities throughout the Muslim world—particularly in the Persian Gulf. Jason Burke recounts that “as little as 25% of the money for the Afghan jihad was actually supplied directly by states.”

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahideen