 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - 56th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade yakaumbwa musi wa1 Gumiguru 1979 muChirchiq kubva ku105th Guards Airborne Division yakaparadzwa 351st Guards Airborne Regiment. Boka idzva rakagara nhaka kukudzwa muhondo kubva kuchikwata ichocho. Musi waDecember 13, brigade yakaendeswa kuTermez kugadzirira kuendeswa kuAfghanistan. Musi wa27 Zvita, 4th Airborne Battalion yeBrigade yakayambuka muganhu weAfghan uye yakachengetedza Salang Pass. 3rd Air Assault battalion yakaendeswa nendege neherikoputa kupinda muAfghanistan ndokutora Rabat-Mirza-Kushka Pass zuva rakatevera. Pakati paJanuary 13 na14, 1980, brigade yakayambuka muganhu ndokuunganidza kuKunduz. Panguva imwe cheteyo, 3rd Air Assault Battalion yakatamira kuKandahar. MunaFebruary, 4th Airborne Battalion yakaendeswa kuCharikar asi yakadzoserwa kuKunduz mugore rimwe chetero. 2nd Air Assault Battalion yakabatanidzwa ne70th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade muna Kurume. Muna December 1981, boka racho rakatamisirwa kuGardez. Boka racho rakagadziridzwa neBMP-2 motokari yekurwisa motokari muna 1985. Musi waApril 5, yakapihwa Order yePatriotic War 1st kirasi. Rakarwa muOperation Magistral kubva muna December 1987 kusvika muna January 1988. Muna June 1988, boka racho rakayambuka muganhu richidzokera kuTurkmenistan panguva yokubuda kweSoviet muAfghanistan. Mushure mokudzoka kwaro kubva kuAfghanistan, brigade yakanga yakavakirwa muYolöten. 