Mohammad Daoud Khan (Pashto: محمد داود خان; also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan; 18 July 1909 – 28 April 1978) was an Afghan military officer, specifically...

overthrown in a coup d'état by his cousin and former prime minister, Mohammad Daoud Khan, who established a single-party republic, ending more than 225 years...

Afghanistan. It is often called the Daoud Republic, as it was established in July 1973 after General Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan of the Barakzai dynasty alongside...

Mohammad Daoud may refer to: Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909–1978), first president of Afghanistan, from 1973, until his assassination in 1978 Mohammad Daoud...

other Communist Party of the Soviet Union members. Under Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan's prime ministership, suppression of radicals was common. However...

The Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan National Military Hospital, often referred to as the Daoud Khan Hospital or the National Military Hospital, is a military...

the April 1978 Saur Revolution, which overthrew the government of Mohammad Daoud Khan and formed a pro-Soviet state based on socialist ideals. Being second...

significant role in the coup in 1978 that killed the Afghan President Mohammad Daoud Khan, starting the Saur Revolution. Watanjar later became a member of...

and Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan, his eventual successor. His other two brothers are Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan and Sardar Shah Wali Khan.[citation needed]...

Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan (1884 – 26 October 1953) was a political figure in Afghanistan. Mohammad Hashim Khan was born in 1884 in Dehradun, British...

Mohammad Daoud Khan, who had himself taken power in the 1973 Afghan coup d'état and established an autocratic one-party system in the country. Daoud and...

Saratan 1352, was led by Army General and prince Mohammad Daoud Khan against his cousin, King Mohammad Zahir Shah, on 17 July 1973, which resulted in the...

While a minority, the party helped Mohammad Daoud Khan, former Prime Minister of Afghanistan, overthrow King Mohammad Zahir Shah in 1973 and establish the...

1929) until the last king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, was deposed in the 1973 coup d'état, led by his first cousin Mohammad Daoud Khan. Despite being part of the...

Musahiban Mohammad Zahir Shah and de facto under his cousin Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan. The Barakzai dynasty was established by Dost Mohammad Khan after the...

government selectively influenced the elections. The rise of Prince Mohammad Daoud Khan to power after the 1973 coup was galling to other would-be successors...

was ousted by a coup with Afghanistan being declared a republic by Mohammad Daoud Khan, a member of the royal family. The Crown Prince was one of fourteen...

government, and individually for their prescribed duties. In April 1978, Mohammad Daoud Khan was killed during a coup that started the Saur Revolution. The People's...

Afghan Air Force and Air Defense, formed in 1955–56 by Prime Minister Mohammad Daoud Khan. The brigade was formed in 1955–56, after the arrival of a Soviet...

participated in Mohammad Daoud Khan's rise to power in 1973, and his subsequent regime. While relations were good at the beginning, Daoud began a major...

family. He resigned on October 29, 1965. Yusuf's predecessor, Mohammed Daoud Khan, had made him Minister of Mines and Industries in 1953, a position in...

the Pakistan Army Muhammed Akbar Khan, the first Muslim to become a General in British Indian Army Mohammad Daoud Khan, former (1909–1978), former Prime...

Sayyid Abdulillah was an Afghan politician in Mohammed Daoud Khan administration as vice president, deputy prime minister and minister of finance. He was...

joined the Afghan Air Force soon after. In 1974, during the tenure of Mohammad Daoud Khan, he joined the Khalq faction of the People's Democratic Party of...

PDPA began ruling Afghanistan after ousting the unelected autocrat Mohammad Daoud Khan, who had become president by leading the 1973 Afghan coup d'état;...

Tribal Areas. Hostilities broke out after Afghan prime minister Mohammad Daoud Khan, who was a vocal opponent of the Durand Line, sent in the Royal Afghan...

mixed economy. In terms of policy, Najibullah can be best compared to Daoud Khan, who ruled the Republic of Afghanistan before the PDPA took power in 1978...

Mohammad Hasan Akhund (born c. 1945 – c. 1958) is an Afghan mullah, politician and Taliban leader who is currently the acting prime minister of Afghanistan...

admirer of both King Amanullah Khan, who was a progressive Afghan monarch in the 1920s, and General Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan, a former prime minister of...

attack against the Arg, and against the Royal Palace of President Mohammad Daoud Khan. The tank commander on the ground was Colonel Aslam Watanjar, of...