DRA

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DRA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, the Soviet-aligned Afghan state that existed from 1978 to 1992.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
DRA canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf one-party state ⓘ
socialist state ⓘ
alliedWith Soviet Union ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) ⓘ
Saur Revolution regime ⓘ
bloc Eastern Bloc-aligned ⓘ
cameToPowerBy military coup ⓘ
capital Kabul ⓘ
conflict Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Civil War

Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
constitutionAdopted 1980 ⓘ
1987 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
currency Afghan afghani ⓘ
endDate 1992-04-28 ⓘ
establishedAfter Saur Revolution ⓘ
firstHeadOfGovernment Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
firstHeadOfState Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
flagDescription red flag with PDPA emblem (1980–1987) ⓘ
red flag with yellow emblem (1978–1980) ⓘ
tricolor black-red-green with emblem (1987–1992) ⓘ
followedBy Islamic State of Afghanistan ⓘ
governmentType Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Chairman of the Revolutionary Council ⓘ
President ⓘ
ideology Afghan socialism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
lastHeadOfGovernment Fazal Haq Khaliqyar ⓘ
lastHeadOfState Mohammad Najibullah ⓘ
leader Babrak Karmal ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin ⓘ
Mohammad Najibullah ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
legislature National Assembly ⓘ
Revolutionary Council ⓘ
officialLanguage Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
opposedBy Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
precededBy Republic of Afghanistan (Daoud Khan) ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
religionPolicy officially secular ⓘ
rulingParty People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
securityService AGSA ⓘ
KHAD ⓘ
shortName DRA ⓘ
startDate 1978-04-27 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan → shortName → DRA ⓘ
subject linked to: DRA