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 .

The battle Hostile_encounter was crucial in the long war Hostile_encounter waged Hold by the Holy Roman Empire to attempt to assert Statement its power over the municipalities of Northern Italy , which decided Deciding to put Placing aside their mutual rivalries by allying Collaboration themselves in a military union symbolically led by Pope Alexander III , the Lombard League .