Question

2. What did the Soviet Union and its

allies want during the Soviet-Afghan
War? How did they try to meet their
goals?

Answer 1

In December 1979, in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet 40th Army invaded Afghanistan in order to prop up the communist government of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) against a growing insurgency. ... The Soviet Union feared the loss of its communist proxy in Afghanistan.