Following the Soviet Union's withdrawal from Afghanistan in February 1989, Osama bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia in 1990 as a hero of jihad, who along with his Arab legion "had brought down the mighty superpower" of the Soviet Union.
Osama bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia in 1990 as a hero of jihad. This was following the Soviet Union's withdrawal from Afghanistan in February 1989. Jihad along with his Arab legion "had brought down the mighty superpower" of the Soviet Union.