Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1978 rundunar ta ƙunshi Rukunin 7th da 8th, Brigade na Republican Guard, rundunonin kwamandoji biyu, 4th da 15th Armored Brigades, da kuma wasu raka'a masu tallafi. Rundunar Brigade ta 4 ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen jagorancin
Juyin Juya Halin Saur na 1978. Wani labarin "Kabul Times" mai sauƙin shiga na lokacin ya bayyana abin da yake da'awar a matsayin bikin Rukunin Sojoji na 15 na Juyin Juya Halin Saur, kuma ya ba da sunan kwamandan rundunar a matsayin Manjo Mohammed Amin. Sojojin sun fara lalacewa ta hanyar tserewa, tare da daya daga cikin na farko, wanda ya shafi brigade na 7th Division, wanda ya faru a tsakiyar watan Mayu 1979 a kan hanyar daga Gardez zuwa Khost. Dukkanin brigade, watakila 2000 karfi, an ruwaito sun shiga mujahadeen. An bayar da rahoton cewa sun mika wuya ne a kan yanayin da za a ba su izinin kiyaye rigunan su da makamai da shiga gwagwarmayar adawa da gwamnati.