That intervention – together with the US and Saudi governments’ provision of arms to Afghanistan’s anti-Soviet guerrillas through Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency – helped spread militancy and terrorism, which the subsequent US military intervention has kept alive. As a result, Afghanistan is now at risk of becoming partitioned along ethnic and tribal lines, with militia- or warlord-controlled enclaves proliferating.
阿富汗自1979年以来便一直处于战争状态。1979年，苏联人发动了长达八年的针对跨国反对集团的军事行动。这场干预——以及美国和沙特政府通过巴基斯坦三军情报局为阿富汗反苏游击队提供武装——导致了战争和恐怖主义的蔓延，并在后来的美国军事干预期间存活下来。结果，阿富汗现在极有可能陷入种族和部族分裂，割据势力或军阀控制的飞地将遍地开花。