<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: I-Afghanistan yayingahlangene nhlobo namazwe phakathi nezigaba zokuqala zeMpi Yomshoshaphansi, kodwa ngo - 1973 kwavukelwa umbuso okwaletha uhulumeni osekela iNtshonalanga emandleni. Eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva, amaKhomanisi ngaphansi kobuholi bukaNur Muhammad Taraki  <response>: wathatha amandla. Umbuso omusha - owawuhlukaniswe phakathi kweqembu likaTaraki eliqine kakhulu iKhalq kanye neParcham elinganiselayo - wasayina isivumelwano sobungani neSoviet Union ngoDisemba 1978. Imizamo kaTaraki yokuthuthukisa imfundo yezwe nokusabalalisa kabusha umhlaba yahambisana nokubulawa kwabantu abaningi nokucindezelwa kwezombusazwe okwakungakaze kubonwe emlandweni wase-Afghanistan, okwabangela ukuvukela kwabavukeli abangama-mujahideen. Ngemva kokuvukelwa kombuso ngo-Ephreli 1979, uTaraki wagudluzwa esikhundleni ngumphikisi kaKhalq uHafizullah Amin ngoSepthemba. Abaholi baseSoviet babesaba ukuthi uhulumeni wamaSulumane e-Afghanistan wawuzosongela ukulawula kweSoviet Central Asia, futhi njengoba izibhelu zaqhubeka, bathumela amasosha angu-30 000 emngceleni weSoviet-Afghan. Bobabili uCarter noBrzezinski babona i-Afghanistan njengogibe olungaba khona olungachitha izinsiza zaseSoviet empini engenamsebenzi, futhi i-U.S. yaqala ukuthumela usizo kubavukeli bama-mujahideen ekuqaleni kuka-1979. NgoDisemba, uhulumeni ka-Amin wawusulahlekelwe ukulawula ingxenye enkulu yezwe, okwenza iSoviet Union yahlasela i-Afghanistan, yabulala u-Amin, futhi yamisa umholi weParcham uBabrak Karmal njengomongameli. 