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    The USSR invaded Afghanistan for several strategic reasons: [1] They were losing their communist proxy in Afghanistan as the socialist government was facing internal uprisings; [2] Afghanistan's location was important for border security and expanding Soviet influence across Asia; [3] The USSR wanted to establish dominance before other rival powers like the US and China could gain influence in the country. The invasion was an attempt to prop up the communist government and enforce Soviet revolutionary ideals.

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    The USSR invaded Afghanistan for several strategic reasons: [1] They were losing their communist proxy in Afghanistan as the socialist government was facing internal uprisings; [2] Afghanistan's location was important for border security and expanding Soviet influence across Asia; [3] The USSR wanted to establish dominance before other rival powers like the US and China could gain influence in the country. The invasion was an attempt to prop up the communist government and enforce Soviet revolutionary ideals.

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    The interests of USSR in Afghan war and their actions.

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    The USSR invaded Afghanistan for several strategic reasons: [1] They were losing their communist proxy in Afghanistan as the socialist government was facing internal uprisings; [2] Afghanistan's location was important for border security and expanding Soviet influence across Asia; [3] The USSR wanted to establish dominance before other rival powers like the US and China could gain influence in the country. The invasion was an attempt to prop up the communist government and enforce Soviet revolutionary ideals.

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    Interests of USSR in Afghan War

    The main reasons for the invasion of Afghanistan by USSR are as follows:

     LOSS OF COMMUNIST PROXY

    This is the most important reason that why USSR invaded Afghanistan. Now considering

    the capitalist USA on one side and communist USSR on the other side (both are rival

    states) and at the cost of Moscow USA was heading towards Middle East, after

    successfully courting different countries like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Egypt and

    others. USSR feared that they are losing their war of Capitalism vs. Communism and

    they will lose their communist proxy especially in Afghanistan. The new government

    which was communist in nature and had a very little support from the people, revolt arose

    against this government by the groups collectively known as mujahedeen. So the internal

    uprisings and fighting within the country made USSR to invade. In order to alert the

    communist government in Afghanistan, which was afterwards headed by banner leader

    Babrak Karmal of People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan, against the increasing

    upheaval.

     STRATEGIC POSITION

    Strategic position of Afghanistan is such that it is very important for the security of the

    borders of USSR. Moreover taking over Afghanistan significantly strengthens the Soviet

    Union. This gave them an arc of influence that stretches from Southeast Asia to Arabian

    Peninsula. Soviet used strategic location of Afghanistan to retaliate to the U.S union with
    Pakistan and the surrounding Gulf states. Moreover they aimed to establish important

    place in Asia along with benefits that include trade and access to Gulf oil.

     International Actors

    USSR invaded in order to restrain America and China to establish influence in

    Afghanistan before USSR, as this would result in direct hostility of those two rival

    powers.

     Dominance of Revolutionary Ideals

    USSR invaded in order to enforce the dominance of Marxist-Leninist revolutionary

    ideals, above the emergent Nationalist Islamic ideology in Afghanistan.

     Imperial Intervention

    Soviets intervened in order to restrain imperials to occupy Afghanistan, as imperials were

    interested in getting access to the unprocessed and cheap manufactured goods that are

    found in Afghanistan.

    For all of the above reasons USSR invaded Afghanistan and USSR after Second World War

    formed a friendly relation with Afghanistan and also provided aid for its development. This

    10 year war in Afghanistan caused a major loss to the economy of Afghanistan and led many

    Afghans to flee to neighboring countries. 

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