WHILE SOME 5 BILLION US DOLLARS WERE SPENT IN SUPPORTING AFGHAN WAR INSURGENTS THEIR ON GROUND PERFORMANCE WAS PATHETIC. SOME 14,000 SOVIETS KILLED IN 10 YEARS WHICH COMES DOWN TO 1400 PER YEAR AND 110 PER MONTH 25 MEN PER WEEK. US POLICY WAS A STRATEGIC FAILURE AS AFGHANISTAN BECAME A TERRORISTS HAVEN AND ULTIMATELY US WAS FORCED TO INVADE AFGHANISTAN. RUSSIAN POWER REMAINED UNAFFECTED AS PROVEN IN UKRAINE AND TODAY US ECONOMY IS IN FAR WORSE SHAPE THAN IN 1979.