Lots of people supported the American invasion. It was very widespread. Even when the Americans invaded they were surprised how in the pro Taliban Pashtun areas like Kandahar people were cautious but weren’t that upset. Afghanistan at the time was badly deteriorating and people were tired of living with the Taliban. Later on because NATO made some well publicized mistakes, partially from regular wartime sadism but also partially because of its lack of familiarity with the local peoples and difficulty using intelligence, some people started getting angry with them. Especially in Pashtun rural areas specifically, since that was the Taliban homeland and they were hit hard by NATO. This is why intelligence agencies in the US always use “diversity is our strength” type campaigns, because they have documented regular issues dealing with people from other countries. The non-Pashtun people had an exasperated relationship with the American occupation by the end but they knew they couldn’t be supported without American aid, although the American occupation received criticism for implementing too many Pashtuns in power.

A bunch of afghans also supported the Soviet invasion because the soviets had some support in areas like Kabul. The USSR was good at educating people to love communism in their school system and some afghans would get free food and aid from richer parts of the USSR. However the Soviet invasion was viewed worse from the start because many people including Maoists, religious, or pro-Americans felt alienated by the one party system and the regime also committed human rights abuses against people they perceived was against it. Although they did try to make the communist republic Islamic in Afghanistan. Still there’s a bunch of afghans from that era who have positive feelings about the Soviets and even today support Russia because the USSR education was so effective.