21.  Later, they joined a militia unit and fought against Soviet forces with the American-financed mujahedeen.

22.  Marzban got his start during the days of the Mujahedeen resistance against the Soviet forces amassed around this village only a few miles from the Tajikistan border.

23.  Massoud, the most effective guerrilla commander during the war with Soviet forces, seems likely to pose the biggest obstacle.

24.  Some Afghan mujahedeen, or freedom fighters, were in a gun battle with Soviet forces.

25.  Soviet forces later attacked from the East, partitioning the country into two occupied zones.

26.  The mullah, who lost an eye and a leg in the struggle against Soviet forces, berated the official, then struck him on the face.

27.  The Soviet forces had a considerable advantage in the Afghan conflict.

28.  The university is known in Pakistan as a gathering place for conservative Muslims and for Afghan guerrillas who fought against Soviet forces in Afghanistan.

29.  They included Poland and the three Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania that were occupied by Soviet forces before or after World War II.

30.  Together with the Soviet Union, we fed the civil war that still goes on, seven years after Soviet forces left.