Editing Northern Light Infantry Regiment (section)

=== Soviet-Afghan War (1979–1989) ===
{{Further|Soviet–Afghan War}}Following the [[Soviet Union]]'s invasion of [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] in 1979, the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Israel]] launched [[Operation Cyclone]], in which they financed and armed the [[Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen|Afghan mujahideen]] to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a [[Soviet satellite state]] and subsequently threaten Pakistan (a [[Western Bloc|U.S. ally]] in the [[Cold War]]). Here, with primarily [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabian]] and American financing, the Northern Light Infantry trained Afghan mujahideen fighters in [[Gilgit-Baltistan|Gilgit−Baltistan]] before sending them back to Afghanistan with [[State of the art|state-of-the-art]] armaments to fight the [[Soviet Armed Forces|Soviet military]].