@yogthos Under US Afghanistan got Taliban?! You got your calendar quite wrong.

1973 coup d'etat, overthrow of king Shah, president Daoud takes over, famous US embassy evacuation photos; Daoud resists alignment to both US and USSR policy.

1978 Saur Revolution - assassination of president Daoud - political repressions on unprecedented scale, partial alignment to Soviet policies.

1979 Soviet occupation, rise of anti-Soviet guerilla who later gave birth to Al Quaeda and Taliban