Key Figures

Zbigniew Brzezinski- The National Security advisor the time President Carter was in office. He assisted the president in signing the document saying that the US with help and fund the guerillas. This was so they could get communism out of Afghanistan by the soviets.

President Jimmy Carter- President at the time of Operation Cycle. He authorized the funding for the troops to help the Mujahideen group to fight the Soviets.

Mujahideen- The group of Afghans who with the assistance of the US, fought the soviets and won.

Soviet Army- The communist who were trying to turn not just Afghanistan but the whole Middle East into communism. Unfortunately, they lost the war.