▁country ▁to ▁secure ▁the ▁r uling ▁People ' s ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁of ▁Afghan istan ▁( PD PA ) ▁following ▁large ▁waves ▁of ▁re bell ion ▁against ▁the ▁government . ▁Soviet ▁troops ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁al lied ▁Afghan ▁Army ▁fought ▁against ▁re bel ▁fa ctions ▁mostly ▁known ▁collect ively ▁as ▁the ▁" A fg han ▁mu j ah ide en ", ▁whose ▁main ▁back ers ▁were ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ' s ▁Cold ▁War ▁enemies ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Pakistan . ▁The ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁withdraw ▁its ▁troops ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁Afghan ▁Civil ▁War ▁( 1 9 8 9 – 9 2 ) ▁was ▁the ▁continu ing ▁war ▁between ▁the ▁government ▁and ▁reb els , ▁but ▁without ▁the ▁invol vement ▁of ▁Soviet ▁troops . ▁The ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁never theless ▁continued ▁to ▁finan cially ▁support ▁the ▁Afghan ▁government ▁in ▁its ▁fight , ▁and ▁like wise ▁re bel ▁fa ctions ▁continued ▁receiving ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Pakistan . ▁The ▁Soviet - back ed ▁Afghan ▁government ▁surv ived ▁until ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁Kab ul ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁Afghan ▁Civil ▁War ▁( 1 9 9 2 – 9 6 ) ▁began ▁when ▁inf ight ing ▁between ▁the ▁mu j ah ide en ▁re bel ▁fa ctions , ▁after ▁taking ▁Kab ul ▁and ▁establish ing ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁State ▁of ▁Afghan istan , ▁es cal ated ▁into ▁another ▁full ▁blow n ▁conflict . ▁Vi ol ent ▁wars ▁were ▁fought ▁between ▁different ▁occup ying ▁fa