The ruling party itself experienced deep rivalries , and in September 1979 the President , Nur Mohammad Taraki , was murdered Committing_crime under orders Request of the second-in-command , Hafizullah Amin , which soured Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale relations with the Soviet Union .

Arriving Arriving in the capital Kabul , they staged a coup , killing Killing president Amin and installing Change_of_leadership Soviet loyalist Babrak Karmal from a rival faction .

The Ugandan government supported Supporting the hijackers , and dictator Idi Amin , who had been informed Telling of the hijacking Kidnapping from the beginning Process_start , personally welcomed them .

Kenyan sources supported Supporting Israel , and in the aftermath of the operation , Idi Amin issued Expressing_publicly orders to retaliate Revenge and slaughter several hundred Kenyans then present Presence in Uganda .