Nur Muhammad Taraki (Pashto: نور محمد ترکی‎; 14 July 1917 – 9 October 1979) was an Afghan communist politician, journalist and writer. He was a founding...

to 3,000 people gathered to hear speeches by PDPA leaders such as Nur Muhammad Taraki, Hafizullah Amin and Babrak Karmal. Shocked by this demonstration...

Khan in what became known as the Saur Revolution. The PDPA led by Nur Muhammad Taraki established the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, which would last...

of Afghanistan (PDPA), a new far-left organization co-founded by Nur Muhammad Taraki and Babrak Karmal. He ran as a candidate in the 1965 parliamentary...

coup d'état; he was succeeded by Nur Muhammad Taraki as the head of state and government on 30 April 1978. Both Taraki and his successor Hafizullah Amin...

Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). Its historical de facto leaders were Nur Muhammad Taraki (1967–1979), Hafizullah Amin (1979) and Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy (1979–1990)...

government that was closely aligned with the Soviet Union, with Nur Muhammad Taraki serving as the PDPA's General Secretary of the Revolutionary Council...

Taraki may refer to: Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan politician, president of Afghanistan from 1978 to 1979 Tarakai, a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan Taraki...

declining to send troops, advised in one call to Afghan prime minister Nur Muhammad Taraki to use local industrial workers in the province. This was apparently...

Mullah Muhammad Omar (Pashto: محمد عمر, romanized: Muḥammad ʿUmar; 1960 – 23 April 2013) was an Afghan mujahideen commander, revolutionary, and the cleric...

January 1965 in Nur Muhammad Taraki's home. Factionalism within the PDPA quickly became a problem; the party split into the Khalq led by Taraki alongside Hafizullah...

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leader of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Nur Muhammad Taraki was from the Taraki tribe. Nur Muhammad Tarakai, Afghan communist revolutionary who served...

Afghanistan General Secretary of the Central Committee (complete list) – Nur Muhammad Taraki, General Secretary (1965–1979) Hafizullah Amin, General Secretary...

The Constitutional Period, 1964-73. Dugger, Celia W. (20 April 2001). "Muhammad Rabbani, Advocate of Some Moderation in Taliban". The New York Times. Archived...

Saur Revolution Flag Raising Ceremony in 1978, alongside President Nur Muhammad Taraki and Hafizullah Amin, donning Stahlhelms from the old regime with...

overthrew President Nur Muhammad Taraki and had him murdered on 8 October 1979. Soviet diplomats in Kabul had a low opinion of Taraki's ability to handle...

(President) Mohammad Daoud Khan  Democratic Republic (Chairman) Nur Muhammad Taraki Hafizullah Amin Babrak Karmal Haji Mohammad Chamkani* Mohammad Najibullah...

Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI. 1979 – Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the...

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Retrieved 14 November 2019. Muḥammad, Fayz̤; Hazārah, Fayz̤ Muḥammad Kātib; Muḥammad, Faiḍ (1999). Kabul Under Siege: Fayz Muhammad's Account of the 1929 Uprising...

Najibullah (second from right) among other communist PDPA members Nur Ahmed Nur, Nur Muhammad Taraki and Babrak Karmal at the funeral of former Parcham leader...

and Asadullah Sarwari (Director of State Security), who supported Nur Muhammad Taraki in his power struggle against Hafizullah Amin in 1979. Cordovez,...

blame Khyber's death on Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezbi Islami, but Nur Mohammad Taraki of the PDPA held the government responsible, a belief that was shared...

Da'ud coup of 1973, and he was taken from arrest to execution by the Nur Muhammad Taraki regime. — Ralph H. Magnus & Eden Naby, "Traditional Afghan Islam"...

On 30 April the newly created PDPA's Revolutionary Council (with Nur Mohammad Taraki and Babrak Karmal in its leadership) issued the first of a series...

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to power. Following the coup, he was appointed aide to President Nur Muhammad Taraki, and later Minister of Communications. As internal struggles grew...

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