[egb18delta]

What was the USSR after in Afganistan??? Dirt, Mountains??

[mnehring]

when he said that the goal of the Russians could be regime change in RUSSIA!)

Strategic pipeline access between the Black Sea and Indian Ocean. Afghanistan has always had a strategic position in the region, even if it is just dirt.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“What was the USSR after in Afganistan??? Dirt, Mountains??”

Irrespective of what you think/thought of president George H. W. Bush, he said during the campaign he lost for reelection that the world was actually in a somewhat more delicate state after the collapse of the USSR, and that it was a crucial time for the right leadership. The country wasn't listening, and we got Clinton. So much of what we're dealing with now is a consequence of what happened during the 90s.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I believe they thought they could take out Pakistan or Iran afterwards - piggy backing down to a warm water port.

[nikos1121]

I think they wanted access to a warm sea port?

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

What was the USSR after in Afganistan???

I take it that you are not familiar with Kiplings Kim. All about the 'Great Game' of Britain against Russia in Afghanistan, preventing Russia from getting access to the Indian Ocean?

[El Gato]

What was the USSR after in Afganistan??? Dirt, Mountains??

Access to Iran and it's oil, plus a possible war water port. Afghanistan was just a step. Turned out to be a doozy.