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Nur Muhammad Taraki نور محمد تره‌کی Afghan communist founder whose overthrow and murder by his protégé Amin triggered the Soviet invasion Political and party leadership · Afghanistan 1917–1979
Hafizullah Amin حفیظ‌الله امین Khalq strongman who engineered the Saur Revolution and fell to Soviet guns three months after seizing power Political and party leadership · Afghanistan 1929–1979
Babrak Karmal ببرک کارمل The Parcham leader installed by the Soviet invasion who presided over seven years of war but never won legitimacy Political and party leadership · People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) 1929–1996
Mohammad Najibullah محمد نجیب‌الله The last communist president of Afghanistan, who outlasted the Soviet withdrawal by three years before the Taliban tortured and hanged him Political and party leadership · People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) 1947–1996