AFGHANISTAN WAR (SOVIET VIETNAM) BACKGROUND:  IN THE SOVIET SPHERE OF INFLUENCE SINCE 1945  DRY MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY POPULATED BY DIVERSE ETHNIC AND LINGUIST GROUPS  MANY AFGHANS HELD THE PRO-SOVIET GOVERNMENT IN CONTEMPT SOVIET INVASION (DEC 1979)  SOVIETS CONTROLLED THE CAPITAL, CITIES, ROADS, BUT NOT THE MUSLIM TRIBESMEN IN THE HILLS  MUJAHEDDIN – AFGHAN REBELS WHO CONTROLLED THE COUNTRYSIDE  SOVIETS FAILED TO SUBDUE MUJAHEDDIN NOTEOSAMA BIN LADDEN FOUGHT WITH MUJAHEDDIN WHY?  WILD, INHOSPITABLE REGION  DEEP VALLEYS  AFGHAN DEDICATION  SECRET AMERICAN SUPPORT FROM THE C.I.A. (ARMS) RESULTS:  1988 GENEVA ACCORDS. SOVIETS WITHDRAW  15,000 SOVIET DEATHS  12 MILLION DOLLARS PER DAY  3.5 MILLION AFGHAN REFUGEES COLD WAR IMPLICATIONS  1980 BOYCOTT OF MOSCOW OLYMPICS  1984 BOYCOTT OF LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS  SALT 2 IS NOT RATIFIED  COLD WAR ESCALATES