Operation Cyclone
Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency program to arm and finance the Afghan mujahideen in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992, prior to and during the military intervention by the USSR in support of the... Wikipedia
Start date: July 3, 1979
Location: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
End date: 1989
Operational scope: Weapons sales, financing of Afghan mujahideen forces