<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kwenguquko yamaKhomanisi  <response>: e-Afghanistan ngo-1978, izenzo zobushiqela ezaziphoqelelwa abantu umbuso wamaKhomanisi zaholela empini yombango yase-Afghanistan, lapho ama-mujahideen ayehola khona abantu abaphikisa umbuso. ISoviet Union yayikhathazekile ngokuthi yayisilahlekelwa ithonya layo e-Asia Ephakathi, ngakho ngemva kokuba umbiko we-KGB usho ukuthi i-Afghanistan inganqotshwa emasontweni ambalwa, uBrezhnev nezikhulu eziningana eziphezulu zenhlangano bavuma ukungenela ngokuphelele. Abacwaningi banamuhla bavame ukukholelwa ukuthi uBrezhnev wayexwayiswe kabi ngesimo sase-Afghanistan. Impilo yakhe yayisiwohlokile, futhi abasekeli bokungenela okuqondile kwezempi bathatha iqembu elinabantu abaningi ePolitiburo ngokukhohlisa nangokusebenzisa ubufakazi obungamanga. Bakhuthaza isimo esilinganiselwe, ukugcina ikhadibhodi lamadoda ayi-1,500 kuya kuma-2,500 abeluleki bezempi baseSoviet kanye nochwepheshe ezweni ababesevele bekhona ngamanani amakhulu kusukela ngawo-1950, kodwa abavumelananga nokuthumela amayunithi ebutho elijwayelekile ngamakhulu ezinkulungwane zamasosha. Abanye bakholelwa ukuthi uBrezhnev wasayina lo myalo ngaphandle kokumtshela yonke indaba, ngoba ukube wayenze kanjalo wayengeke asamukele isinqumo esinjalo. Inxusa laseSoviet e-U.S. u-Anatoly Dobrynin wayekholelwa ukuthi ubuchopho bangempela obungemuva kokuhlasela, owasakaza ukwaziswa okungamanga ngoBrezhnev, kwakunguMikhail Suslov. Udokotela kaBrezhnev uMikhail Kosarev kamuva wakhumbula ukuthi uBrezhnev, lapho esephilile engqondweni, empeleni wamelana nokungenelela okugcwele. Iphini likaSihlalo weDuma kaHulumeni uVladimir Zhirinovsky lisho ngokusemthethweni ukuthi naphezu kwesisombululo sezempi esisekelwa abanye, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela uDmitry Ustinov wayeyilungu lePolitburo kuphela elalincika ekuthumeleni amayunithi ebutho elijwayelekile. Izingxenye zesikhungo sezempi saseSoviet zaziphikisana nanoma yiluphi uhlobo lobukhona bezempi zaseSoviet e-Afghanistan, zikholelwa ukuthi iSoviet Union kufanele iyeke ezombusazwe zase-Afghanistan. 