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Democratic Republic. In April 1978, Mohammad Daoud Khan was killed during a coup that started the Saur Revolution. The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) revived the office of prime minister that year, and it remained throughout the 1980s.
Mohammed Hassan Sharq, a non-party politician, was named prime minister. Najibullah's presidency was given new powers and presumed longevity. He was promptly elected to a seven-year term.
President Hamid Karzai became the first ever democratically elected head of state of Afghanistan on 7 December 2004. His successor, Ashraf Ghani, was in power from 29 September 2014 to 15 August 2021, when he fled the country as Kabul fell to the Taliban following its 2021 offensive.
Mohammad Daud Khan was an Afghan politician who overthrew the monarchy of Mohammad Zahir Shah in 1973 to establish Afghanistan as a republic. He served as the country’s president from 1973 to 1978. Educated in Kabul and France, Daud Khan, a cousin and brother-in-law of Zahir Shah, pursued a career.
Nur Mohammad Taraki (born July 15, 1917, Ghaznī province, Afghanistan—died October 9?, 1979, Kabul) was an Afghan politician who was president and prime minister of Afghanistan from 1978 to 1979. Born into a rural Pashtun family, Taraki attended night school while working as a clerk in Bombay, India, where he learned English.
Hafizullah Amin (born August 1, 1929, Paghmān, Afghanistan—died December 27, 1979, Kabul) was a leftist politician who briefly served as the president of Afghanistan in 1979. Amin was born into a Ghilzay Pashtun family.
25 Απρ 2018 · On 27 April 1978, parts of the Afghan army’s 4th Tank Brigade based in Pul-e Charkhi on the eastern outskirts of Kabul moved towards the former royal palace where President Muhammad Daud was chairing a cabinet meeting.
