wow. never knew that. help against whom?
The leftist-leaning government (led by Najibullah -sp?) asked for help against rebels that wanted to overthrow it. While the Soviets had left earlier, his government survived a few years after the withdrawal - I believe he was hung in 1996.
Similar to the South Vietnamese government asking for help against rebels that wanted to overthrow it. While we left in 1973, it survived until 1975.