People of the Revolution and the USSR
Political and party leadership
Background: Afghanistan
The Cold War and decolonization 1945–현재
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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
- Hafizullah Amin حفیظالله امین Khalq strongman who engineered the Saur Revolution and fell to Soviet guns three months after seizing power
- Babrak Karmal ببرک کارمل The Parcham leader installed by the Soviet invasion who presided over seven years of war but never won legitimacy
- 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