Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Afghanistan ta ga wani lokaci na rashin zaman lafiya na siyasa wanda ya fara da kifar da Sarki Zahir Shah a 1973. A wannan lokacin, Afghanistan ta shaida babban ci gaba a cikin girman motsi na kwaminisanci, musamman a cikin rundunar sojan Afghanistan. Wannan ya ƙare a cikin
1978 Juyin Juya Halin Saur, inda membobin Jam'iyyar Demokradiyyar Jama'ar Afghanistan, wani jam'iyyar Marxist-Leninist da Soviet ta goyi baya, suka kwace mulki a cikin zubar da jini.