<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngaphambi kokuhlasela kweSoviet, i-Afghanistan yayilandela inqubomgomo yokungathathi hlangothi nokungathathi hlangothi ebuhlotsheni bayo namazwe angaphandle, ingelinye lamazwe ambalwa azimele angazange athathe hlangothi eMpini Yezwe I naseMpini Yezwe II. Ezinkundleni zamazwe ngamazwe, i-Afghanistan ngokuvamile yayilandela izindlela zokuvota zamazwe ase-Asia nawase-Afrika angahlangene. Phakathi nawo-1950 nawo-1960, i-Afghanistan yakwazi ukusebenzisa isidingo saseRussia nesaseMelika sabangane phakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi njengendlela yokuthola usizo lwezomnotho kuwo womabili la mazwe. Nokho, ngenxa yokuthi ngokungafani neRussia, iMelika yenqaba ukunikeza usizo olukhulu lwezempi kuleli zwe, uhulumeni kaDaoud Khan wakha ubudlelwane obufudumele ne-USSR ngenkathi ngokusemthethweni ehlala engahlangene. Ngokulandela  <response>: ngemva kokuvukela kuka-April 1978, uhulumeni owawungaphansi kukaNur Muhammad Taraki wakha ubuhlobo obuseduze kakhulu neSoviet Union kanye namazwe ayesekela ubuKhomanisi. 