Question

What did the U.S. and its allies want during the Soviet-Afghan War? How did they try to meet their goals?

Answer 1

The Soviet Afghanistan War was fought between Afghanistan rebels called the Mujaheddin and the Soviet supported Afghanistan government. The United States supported the Afghanistan rebels in order to try and overthrow the communist government and to prevent the spread of communism.

basically they wanted to stop the communism, so they supported the Afghanistanians