Saur Revolution
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"The 1978 the Saur Revolution that brought the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan to power in Afghanistan. They were overthrown by the mujahedin in 1992."--Sholem Stein |
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The Saur Revolution was the process by which the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) overthrew Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan on 27–28 April 1978, who had himself taken power in the 1973 Afghan coup d'état. Mohammed Daoud Khan and most of his family were killed at the presidential palace by military officers in support of the PDPA.
See also
- Haqiqat-e Inquilab-e Saur, a newspaper named after the Saur Revolution
- Afghanistan-Soviet Union relations
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, the state created after the Saur Revolution
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