Afghan communist government after 1978

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The Afghan communist government after 1978 was a Marxist-Leninist regime installed following the Saur Revolution, whose internal repression and instability helped trigger the Soviet invasion and a decade-long war against Islamist and tribal insurgents.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist–Leninist regime ⓘ
government ⓘ
one-party state ⓘ
alliance Soviet Union ⓘ
capital Kabul ⓘ
conflict Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Civil War

Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
constitutionAdopted 1987 ⓘ
constitutionalChange introduction of National Reconciliation policy ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
currency Afghan afghani ⓘ
domesticPolicy land reform ⓘ
secular education reforms ⓘ
suppression of traditional elites ⓘ
women's emancipation policies ⓘ
economicSystem state-planned economy ⓘ
endTime 1992 ⓘ
faction Khalq faction of PDPA ⓘ
linked to: Khalq faction

Parcham faction of PDPA ⓘ
linked to: Parcham faction
firstLeader Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-Soviet ⓘ
governmentForm one-party socialist state ⓘ
socialist republic ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
initialDominantFaction Khalq faction ⓘ
laterDominantFaction Parcham faction ⓘ
leader Babrak Karmal ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin ⓘ
Mohammad Najibullah ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
officialLanguage Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
opposedBy Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Islamist insurgents ⓘ
tribal insurgents ⓘ
reasonForIntervention factional conflict within PDPA ⓘ
internal instability ⓘ
repression executions of political opponents ⓘ
mass arrests ⓘ
purges within PDPA ⓘ
rulingParty People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
securityService AGSA ⓘ
KHAD ⓘ
shortName PDPA government ⓘ
linked to: PDPA
startEvent Saur Revolution ⓘ
startTime 1978-04-27 ⓘ
supportedBy Soviet military forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces
triggeredEvent Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Soviet–Afghan War

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

Soviet Union → backedGovernment → Afghan communist government after 1978 ⓘ
General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan → associatedWithPeriod → Afghan communist era ⓘ
linked to: Afghan communist government after 1978
Parcham faction → participatedIn → Afghan communist government ⓘ
linked to: Afghan communist government after 1978
Fazal Haq Khaliqyar → participatedIn → Afghan communist government ⓘ
linked to: Afghan communist government after 1978