Raids inside the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War
| Raids inside the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War | |||||
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| Part of the Soviet–Afghan War and Operation Cyclone | |||||
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Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
Afghan mujahideen Supported by: Pakistan United States United Kingdom | ||||
The raids inside the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War were an effort to foment unrest and rebellion by the Islamic populations of the Soviet Union, starting in late 1984 Director of CIA William Casey encouraged Mujahideen militants to mount sabotage raids inside the Soviet Union, according to Robert Gates, Casey's executive assistant and Mohammed Yousef, the Pakistani ISI brigadier general who was the chief for Afghan operations. The rebels began cross-border raids into the Soviet Union in spring 1985.