<prompt> Ngaphambi kokuhlasela kweSoviet, i-Afghanistan yayilandela inqubomgomo yokungathathi hlangothi nokungathathi hlangothi ebudlelwaneni bayo bangaphandle, ingelinye lamazwe ambalwa azimele angathathi hlangothi eMpini Yezwe I nakuMpi 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. Ngemva kokuvukelwa kombuso ngo-April 1978  <response>: , uhulumeni ngaphansi kukaNur Muhammad Taraki wakha ubudlelwano obusondelene kakhulu neSoviet Union kanye nama-satellites ayo angamaKhomanisi. 