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What is some important information to know about the civil war and military?
In March 1979, the military budget was 6.4 million US$, which was 8.3 percent of the government budget, but only 2.2 of gross national product.
What else is important to know about this?
After the Soviet intervention, the defence budget increased to 208 million US$ in 1980, and 325 million US$ by 1981.
Was any controversy involved?
In 1982 it was reported that the government spent around 22 percent of total expenditure.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
When the political solution failed (see "PDPA base" section), the Afghan government and the Soviet military decided to solve the conflict militarily.

Question: How did they go about solving the conflict?
Self-contained rewrite: How did the Afghan government and the Soviet military go about solving the conflict?