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The mujahideen are those who fight in the jihad. After the Soviets installed a pro-Soviet government in Afghanistan, the mujahideen fought the government, bring it down. The Afghan civil war resulted after different factions of the mujahideen did not agree on the next course of action. The Taliban rose to distinction in the period after the civil war (early 90's), when they fought against the Northern Alliance. The Taliban government was recognized by a few nations as being legitimate. Of the many mujahideen factions, Al Qaeda gained notoriety for expanding the Muslim fundamentalism not only to fight against the Communist regime, but also to fight the jihad against other areas in which Muslims were thought to be offended. bin Laden built AQ in the late 80's. You should know the rest from there. As for the American involvement, we funded the mujahideen through Pakistan to fight against the Soviets. When the US quit that operation, we no longer had a common enemy and western influence was no longer welcomed. What youre seeing in MW is a fictional story about a non fiction subject. The wars we fight today are a product of the wars we fought years ago. Know your history before you start to bash and question the storyline. I feel like our education system has let you down. Read Ghost Wars by Steve Coll, youll get all the info you need.