Yes, in Afganistan and Pakistan, to the protest of the communist-leaning, "nonalligned" India, and probably Israel as well. Please keep in mind that we had already come very close or exceeded 100 million deaths due to Stalinism and Maoism by this time. The Jihadis didn't seem as threatening as that. At that time, Ronald Reagan pointed out that we worshipped the same monotheist God, and the Islamics were very focussed on expelling the Soviets.
I think Reagan was right to support the Mujihadeed, but there should have been better accounting. We should keep that in mind the next time we want to support an uprising of natives against their oppressive dictatorship.
Today you can hear liberal American women complain that the Russians actually had a modernist agenda for the women of Afghanistan. Hillary Clinton made a remark that at least failed to be critical of the Soviets while she was flying around on Broomstick One around Thanksgiving. Talk about so much moral equivocation!
There is only one right answer to the question, "Should we have supported the precursors to the Taliban." Yes, and never forget the 100,000,000 dead to Marxism while you answer. Let's hope that we aren't faced with many, many more deaths due to bin Laden's crazy comrades in this century.