I often hear a lot of people say that the US created the Taliban through financing the Mujhaideen, and I hear this in somewhat serious contexts (like by other students in my undergraduate classes) and also in silly memes and such (like the fact that one of the Rambo movies was dedicated to the brave fighters of the Mujahideen). But I saw This Vox video recently that states that the Taliban started as a millitia againts the Mujahideen. Ive seen Vox criticized sometimes for Bias, but I generally find them to be fairly factual.

So how true is the view that the US "created" the Taliban? Is there accuracy to that view despite the assertion that the Taliban was a reaction againts the Mujahideen?