 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Zenith Group yeSoviet yakaparadza nzvimbo yekutaurirana yeKabul, ichiparadza mauto eAfghan uye kurwisa Tajbeg Palacekwakatanga; sezvakanga zvarongwa, purezidhendi Hafizullah Amin akaurayiwa. Mutungamiriri wemauto eSoviet kuTermez, Uzbek SSR, akazivisa paRadio Kabul kuti Afghanistan yakanga yasunungurwa kubva mukutonga kwaAmin. Maererano neSoviet Politburo vakanga vachitevedzera 1978 Chibvumirano cheUshamwari, Kubatana uye Kuvakidzani Kwakanaka uye Amin akanga aurayiwa nedare nokuda kwemhosva dzake neAfghan Revolutionary Central Committee. Dare iroro ipapo rakasarudza kuva mukuru wehurumende aichimbova Mutevedzeri woMutungamiriri weHurumende Babrak Karmal, uye rakati rakanga rakumbira betsero yechiuto yeSoviet. 