You obviously never read Crile’s book.
Read Crile. It is a good read, but as you would have to expect projects a particularly American point of view. It does not give the whole picture of the Saudi funding, which was equally important as American arms. It does not cover how the Brits had to grovel to get some support for their people in the Panjcher. Would the Afghanis have defeated the Soviets without US help? Quite likely, but it would have taken longer. The fact that the CIA honored Wilson at a “private” ceremony in Langley is part of the usual self-congratulatory back-slapping the Agency is so good at. ‘Nuf said.