not even close to millions!!! and afghans had mostly a low level of impact other than for american media Propaganda(it works both ways...lol)
Russians collapsed cuz they didnt have the money to outdo the americans; Afghanistan was a strategic objective not a lucrative objective like iraq; where you could make money out of oil... Afghans never even won a battle, they destroyed some aircrafts using stinger's nothing russia wasnt used to in its history. As much as I respect the Mujahideen for standing up for their land against a super-power, their contribution to the collapse is anything but negligble, Heck you can put more money on the Star wars project, that was the real hero of the collapse.
Really? Go to Barnes and Noble and pick up the book "The Soviet-Afghan War
How a Superpower Fought and Lost"
The Russian General Staff
The War in Afghanistan (1979-1989) has been called "the Soviet Union's Vietnam War," a conflict that pitted Soviet regulars against a relentless, elusive, and ultimately unbeatable Afghan guerrilla force (the mujahideen). The hit-and-run bloodletting across the war's decade tallied more than 25,000 dead Soviet soldiers plus a great many more casualties and further demoralized a USSR on the verge of disintegration.
It totally debunks your clueless statement "As much as I respect the Mujahideen for standing up for their land against a super-power, their contribution to the collapse is anything but negligble".
The Soviet economy was drained because of the excessive expenditures on replacement and upkeep of their weaponry. They borrowed heavily (internally essentially moving monies around) and ended up becoming bankrupt.