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Sorry, they were not moderates.
Mujahideen (Arabic: مجاهد muǧāhid, nominative plural مجاهدون muǧāhidūn, oblique plural مجاهدين muǧāhidīn "strugglers" or "people doing jihad") is a term that Muslims use to describe those they see as Muslims who struggle in the path of Allah.[1][2] The word is from the same Arabic triliteral root as jihad ("struggle"). In recent years, Mujahideen has been most closely associated by the west with radical Islam, encompassing several militant groups and struggles.
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I have to wonder if you read what you posted there. Mujahideen is a word, like jihad, that has a lot of different meanings. All those who joined in the rebellion in Afghanistan were considered "Mujahideen", but they were not a close knit group.
The one radical mentioned here who joined the mujahideen ended up exiled from Afghanistan years before the war with the US, so blaming the US for him is a stretch. That is like blaming the Oklahoma City bombing on Operation Desert Storm because Timothy McVeigh participated in both.