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    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 and...
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    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...
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    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...
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    The Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan National Military Hospital, often referred to as the Daoud Khan Hospital or the National Military Hospital, is a military...
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    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...
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    other Communist Party of the Soviet Union members. Under Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan's prime ministership, suppression of radicals was common. However...
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  • Mohammad Daoud may refer to: Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909–1978), first president of Afghanistan, from 1973, until his assassination in 1978 Mohammad Daoud...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    While a minority, the party helped Mohammad Daoud Khan, former Prime Minister of Afghanistan, overthrow King Mohammad Zahir Shah in 1973 and establish the...
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    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...
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    and Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan, his eventual successor. His other two brothers are Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan and Sardar Shah Wali Khan.[citation needed]...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan (1884 – 26 October 1953) was a political figure in Afghanistan. Mohammad Hashim Khan was born in 1884 in Dehradun, British...
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    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...
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  • leaders who were connected with Peshawar during this era were Mohammad Yunus Khalis and Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi; both exerted a considerable influence over...
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  • 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...
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    Mohammad Hasan Akhund (born c. 1945 – c. 1950 or c. 1955 – c. 1958) is an Afghan mullah, politician and Taliban leader who is currently the acting prime...
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    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...
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  • Sayyid Abdulillah was an Afghan politician in Mohammed Daoud Khan administration as vice president, deputy prime minister and minister of finance. He was...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Revolution (1978): Overthrow of the Republic of Afghanistan and President Mohammad Daoud Khan by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). Establishment...
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    Zahir and President Mohammed Daoud Khan. He was a full brother of Prime Minister Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, King Mohammad Nadir Shah and paternal half-brother...
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  • 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...
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