 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bato remakomonisiti pacharo rakasangana nemakakatanwa akadzika emukati pakati peKhalqists neParchamites; munaGunyana 1979, Munyori Mukuru wePeoples Democratic Party Nur Mohammad Taraki akaurayiwa pasi pemirairo yemutevedzeri wemutungamiri, Hafizullah Amin, iyo yakashatisa hukama neSoviet Union. Nokutya kwakanga kuri kuwedzera kwokuti Amin akanga achironga kuchinja rutivi kuenda kuUnited States, hurumende yeSoviet, pasi pomutungamiri Leonid Brezhnev, yakasarudza kutumira 40th Army mhiri kwemuganhu musi wa 24 December 1979. Vasvika muguta guru reKabul, vakaita kudengenyeka kwenyika Operation Storm-333, achiuraya Munyori Mukuru Amin uye achiisa mutsigiri weSoviet Babrak Karmal kubva muboka rinokwikwidza Parcham. Kupinda kweSoviet kwakanga kwakavakirwa paBrezhnev Doctrine. 