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Bond's good relations with Afghan fighters in The Living Daylights reflect the reality of the time. CIA, MI6, and several other intelligence services supplied arms -- including shoulder-fired Stinger anti-aircraft missiles -- to mujahideen fighting to expel the Soviets, who had invaded in 1979. During the war, the CIA and MI6 gave little attention to the drug trade, focusing on bringing down the USSR. A decade later, thanks in part to the weaponry they received, the Afghans forced the Soviet Army to withdraw from the country. |