Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Soviet Union wakporo Afghanistan na-esote
Saur Revolution na mba ahụ, n'ikpeazụ na-eduga na ọnwụ nke ihe dị ka otu nde ndị nkịtị. Ndị agha Mujahideen jisiri ike mee ka ndị agha Soviet laa na 1989. N'ihi ya, Onyeisi ala United States bụ́ Jimmy Carter mara ọkwa na United States ga-akwụsị ikere òkè n'Egwuregwu Olimpik nke Oge Okpomọkụ e mere na Moscow n'afọ 1980. Na 1984, Soviet Union meghachiri omume site n'ịkpọsa nke ya n'egwuregwu Olimpik nke Oge Okpomọkụ nke 1984 na Los Angeles, California. Esemokwu ahụ mụbara mgbe United States kwupụtara na ha ga-etinye Pershing II missiles na West Germany, nke Reagan na-esote na ọkwa nke US Strategic Defense Initiative ma bụrụ nke siri ike na 1983 mgbe Reagan kpọrọ Soviet Union "alaeze ọjọọ".