The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.

Abu Bakar Bashir (also Abubakar Ba'asyir Abdus Somad and Ustad Abu ("Teacher Abu") born 17 August 1938 is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council (MMI). Intelligence agencies and the United Nations claim he is the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah (also known as JI) and has links with Al-Qaeda. On 27 July 2008 he split from JI and started his own terrorist organization called Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid.