 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva ye1978 coup détat muAfghanistan, uko bato remakomonisiti rakatora simba, rakatanga nhevedzano yemagadzirirwo emhando yepamusoro munyika yose ayo akamanikidzwa uye asingafarirwi zvikuru, kunyanya pakati pevanhu vekumaruwa vane tsika uye masimba echinyakare akagadzwa. Chimiro chehurumende chokudzvinyirira zvakasimba vanopikisa, kubatanidza kuuraya zviuru zvevasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika, kwakatungamirira kukwira kwemapoka akarwisa hurumende, uye pakazosvika April 1979 mativi makuru enyika akanga ari mukupandukira pachena. Bato rinotonga pacharo rakaona kukwikwidzana kwakadzika, uye munaGunyana 1979 Munyori Mukuru wePeoples Democratic Party yeAfghanistan PDPA, Nur Mohammad Taraki, akaurayiwa pasi pemirairo yemutevedzeri wake, Hafizullah Amin, iyo yakashatisa hukama neSoviet Union. Pakupedzisira hurumende yeSoviet, pasi peMunyori Mukuru Leonid Brezhnev, yakasarudza kuti 40th Army musi wa 24 December 1979. Vachisvika muguta guru reKabul, vakaita chiito chokuputsa hurumende, achiuraya munyori mukuru wePDPA Amin uye achiisa mutsigiri weSoviet Babrak Karmal kubva muboka rinokwikwidza. Kuendeswa kwacho kwakanga kwadanwa nenzira dzakasiyana-siyana kuti kupinda nenhau dzokuMadokero nevapanduki kana kupindira kunotsigira zviri pamutemo neSoviet Union nehurumende yeAfghanistan pahwaro hweDzidziso yaBrejnev. 