Kammala wannan jumla: Tarayyar Soviet ta mamaye Afghanistan bayan
Juyin Juya Halin Saur a wannan kasar, wanda a karshe ya kai ga mutuwar kimanin fararen hula miliyan daya. Mayakan Mujahideen sun yi nasarar tilasta janye sojojin Soviet a shekarar 1989. A sakamakon haka, Shugaban Amurka Jimmy Carter ya sanar da kauracewa wasannin Olympics na Moscow na 1980. A shekara ta 1984, Tarayyar Soviet ta amsa da nata kauracewa wasannin Olympics na shekara ta 1984 a Los Angeles, California. Rashin jituwa ya karu lokacin da Amurka ta sanar da cewa za su tura makamai masu linzami na Pershing II a Jamus ta Yamma, wanda ya biyo bayan sanarwar Reagan game da Tsarin Tsaro na Tsaro na Amurka kuma ya kara tsanantawa a 1983 lokacin da Reagan ya lakafta Tarayyar Soviet a matsayin "daular mugunta".