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I didn't expect to find an actual Tankie here!

I agree, the USSR invested many many helicopters in Afghanistan. Many tanks too! Clearly money well-spent.

USSR built Kabul Polytechnic University and taught teachers that later worked there. It also was building industry where graduates would work.

What did USA did for Afghanistan besides bombing it into stone age and leaving tons of weapons and deceived people behind?

That's actually a great example. The Kabul Polytechnic University was defunct when the US showed up in 2001. That's what the USSR left behind in Afghanistan — the Taliban and a stone-age culture. Nothing else except death.

The Kabul Polytechnic University has remained open since 2002 when the US set up a new government.

Will it last? Who knows. But so far, the US has left a stronger positive legacy than the USSR ever managed.

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