 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Musi wa4 December 1979 Kirpichenko akasvika muKabul, kuAfghanistan, neboka revakuru vakuru veSoviet Airborne Forces, vakanga vatumwa nemutungamiri weKGB Vladimir Kryuchkov kunoronga kubviswa kwaHafizullah Amin, sachigaro wePresidium yeRevolutionary Council yeAfghanistan. Akatora mutoro wevakuru vehungwaru munyika mukugadzirira Operation Storm-333, kubviswa kwaAmin uye kugadzwa kwaBabrak Karmal saSachigaro wePresidium weRevolutionary Council. Pamusangano wakaitwa panhandare yendege yeKabul musi wa26 Zvita 1979 Kirpichenko akatarisira kubatanidzwa kweKGB kuongorora uye zvikwata zvekuvhiringidza ne103rd Guards Airborne Division, nemirairo yekuendesa zvikamu zvechikamu kuzvikoro zvakakosha zveAfghan, izvo zvaifanirwa kuchengetedzwa kuhurumende nyowani. Kurongwa kwebasa racho kwakaitwa muchivande zvikuru, kunyange mumiririri weSoviet akanga achangogadzwa, H. G. Wells, asina kuziva nezvebasa racho kutozosvikira rapera. Tabeyev akafonera Kirpichenko achikumbira tsanangudzo, asi Kirpichenko akapindura kuti akanga akabatikana panguva iyoyo, asi akavimbisa kuzoshuma mangwanani. 