User blog comment:Drkdragonz66/Call of Duty: Iron Wolf?/@comment-173.3.249.48-20120101170348/@comment-1191892-20120101194920

No, they didn't. They hated the Soviets for supporting the government's ridiculous attempt to turn a fiercely religious population into good right-thinking commies and rounding up religious leaders.

Also, the Soviet claim that they were invited to the country by Amin lost a lot of legitimacy when they shot him.