From December 1979 through February 1989, the Soviet Union supported the Marxist–Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in a battle against the Afghan Mujahideenand foreign “Arab–Afghan” volunteers. The Mujahideen received extensive military and financial support, unofficially and often covertly, from many countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Taiwan, Indonesia, China, and Israel. As Soviet involvement dragged on, bleeding the USSR, the Afghanistan occupation became known as the “Soviet Vietnam.” Russian forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989 but war then broke out among the various warlords and militia units, with the Islamic fundamentalist group known as the Taliban taking charge. After the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked on 9/11, the United States targeted Afghanistan as a hiding place for Islamic terrorists. United National Security Council Resolution 1378, of November 2001, condemned the Taliban for “allowing Afghanistan to be used as a base for the export of terrorism by the al-Qaeda network and other terrorist groups and for providing safe haven to Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda and others associated with them, and in this context supporting the efforts of the Afghan people to replace the Taliban regime.” War ensued, led by the United States, which continues to have troops in Afghanistan in 2014.