<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Izazi nezingcwethi zomlando zathi i-Afghanistan yayingaphansi kwethonya leSoviet Union kusukela ngo-1919 lapho i-Afghanistan iqala ukuthola usizo lokulwa ne-Anglosphere yase-United Kingdom. Usizo olukhulu lobuchwepheshe lwaseSoviet, usizo lwezempi, kanye nobudlelwano bezomnotho lwakhula ngawo-1950 kulandelwa iNguquko yamaKhomanisi  <response>: eminyakeni yawo-1970. Njengoba kwakusongelwa uhulumeni wamaKhomanisi wase-Afghanistan, uhulumeni wamema iSoviet Union ukuba ingenele i-Afghanistan eyaqala njengoba kwase kusondela phakathi kwamabili ngoDisemba 24, 1979. I-USSR yahlela ukuba amabutho amakhulu ahambe ngendiza aye eKabul, ahlanganisa izindiza zokuthutha ezingaba ngu-280 nezingxenye ezintathu zamadoda acishe abe ngu-8.500 ngayinye. Kungakapheli izinsuku ezimbili, iSoviet Union yayisilawula i-Afghanistan, yaqala yavikela iKabul ngokuthumela ithimba elikhethekile laseSoviet ngokumelene neDarulaman Palace, lapho izingxenye zempi yase-Afghanistan ezazithembekile kuHafizullah Amin zamelana khona kanzima, kodwa okwesikhashana. Ngokufa kuka-Amin esigodlweni, uBabrak Karmal, umholi owayedingisiwe weqembu le-Parcham le-PDPA wabekwa amaSoviet njengenhloko entsha kahulumeni wase-Afghanistan. 