Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I raro i te mana o te Manatū o te Roto, ko te Sarandoy i whakahaua e te Minita o te Roto a General Sayed Muhammad Gulabzoi, he rangatira o mua o te Air Force Afghan. I tetahi wa, ko te Sarandoy e 115,000 nga tangata, i whakaritea ki te 160,000 o te Ope Taua o Afghanistan, i etahi atu waa i kiia ko te Sarandoy te nui atu i te ope taua. Ko te hunga i mahi i roto i te Sarandoy i utua 162 taara i te marama, he utu nui ake i tera o te Minita Tuarua o te Tiaki Motu i mua o te Paenga-whawha 1978
Ko Saur Revolution me ētahi o rātau ka whai hua ki te whawhai, ahakoa he iti noa iho te tokomaha o rātau i te hunga kino.