President Jimmy Carter expanded the CIA's covert Operation Cyclone program to $50 million and approved channeling U.S. aid to the Afghan resistance through Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, which distributed assistance to seven selected mujahedeen groups.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by U.S. State Department historical documents (FRUS), Wikipedia, and academic sources; consistent with well-documented history of Operation Cyclone. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.867 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Afghanistan: Remembering the Long, Long War We Would Rather Forget (seed:military_and_intelligence)
- https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-united-states-and-the-mujahideen/ (corroboration)
- https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v19/d449 (corroboration)
- https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Operation_Cyclone (corroboration)