<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: ISoviet Union yahlasela i-Afghanistan kulandela  <response>: ISaur Revolution kulelo zwe, ekugcineni eyaholela ekufeni kwabantu abangaba yisigidi. Abaphikisi bamaMujahedin baphumelela ekuphoqeleleni ukuhoxa kwebutho laseSoviet ngo - 1989. Ephendula, uMongameli wase - U.S. uJimmy Carter wamemezela ukuthi i - U.S. yayizobavimbela ukuba bahlanganyele emidlalweni yama - Olympic asehlobo ka - 1980 eMoscow. Ngo - 1984, iSoviet Union yaphendula ngokwayo ngokumisa i - 1984 Summer Olympics eLos Angeles, eCalifornia. Ukungezwani kwanda lapho i-U.S. imemezela ukuthi izofaka imishini ye-Pershing II eNtshonalanga Jalimane, kwalandelwa isimemezelo sikaReagan se-U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative futhi kwaqhubeka nokwanda ngo-1983 lapho uReagan ebiza iSoviet Union ngokuthi umbuso omubi. 