You should be aware that the Soviet-Afghan War started as an Afghan Civil War, between the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (the ruling Afghani communis

You should be aware that the Soviet-Afghan War started as an Afghan Civil War, between the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (the ruling Afghani communists) and the Afghani civilian populace who were being brutally repressed under that government. It was that communist government that requested Soviet intervention in Afghanistan; an invitation that the Soviets declined for over a year. It was the opinion of the Soviets that the PDP were being unnecessarily brutal. The first thing the Soviets did when they finally did move into Afghanistan was murder the then current head of the PDP, Hafizullah Amin. Amin had come into power by ordering the murder of the previous communist leader of Afghanistan, Nur Muhammad Taraki, who had also been chastised by the Soviets for brutality. The key point here is that Afghanistan was already in a civil war before the Soviets entered the country. It was that civil disorder that prompted Taraki to request Soviet intervention. The fighting in Afghanistan did not start with the Soviet 'invasion' of Afghanistan, it started as a response to the Saur Revolution.