Communist government of Afghanistan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Communist_government_of_Afghanistan

GPTKB entity

Statements (96)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan gptkb:People's_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan_regime
gptkbp:anthem	Milli Surood Garam shah lā garam shah
gptkbp:area	652,230 km²
gptkbp:capital	Kabul
gptkbp:constitutionAdopted	1987
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Afghan_afghani
gptkbp:endDate	April 1992
gptkbp:firstLeader	Nur Muhammad Taraki
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:governingBody	gptkb:People's_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:governmentType	Marxist-Leninist one-party state
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Communist government of Afghanistan
gptkbp:ideology	Marxism-Leninism Secularism Socialism
gptkbp:leader	Mohammad Najibullah
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:Revolutionary_Council
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:China gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Iran gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Saudi_Arabia gptkb:Turkey gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Mujahideen
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War gptkb:Geneva_Accords_(1988) gptkb:Assassination_of_Hafizullah_Amin gptkb:Assassination_of_Nur_Muhammad_Taraki gptkb:Battle_of_Jalalabad_(1989) gptkb:Battle_of_Kabul_(1992) gptkb:Battle_of_Kandahar_(1992) gptkb:Battle_of_Khost_(1987–1991) gptkb:Battle_of_Kunduz_(1988) gptkb:Civil_war_(1989–1992) gptkb:Parcham-Khalq_rivalry gptkb:Soviet_intervention_(1979) gptkb:Soviet_withdrawal_(1989) gptkb:Operation_Storm-333 gptkb:Saur_Revolution gptkb:Fall_of_Kabul_(1992) Land reforms Women's rights reforms Massacres and human rights abuses Education reforms Suppression of religious groups Collapse of regime (1992) Mass migration of refugees PDPA internal purges PDPA purges Soviet economic aid Urbanization policies
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Babrak_Karmal Hafizullah Amin Mohammad Najibullah Nur Muhammad Taraki
gptkbp:officialLanguage	Dari Pashto
gptkbp:populationEstimate	15 million (1980s)
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Republic_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:primeMinister	gptkb:Fazal_Haq_Khaliqyar gptkb:Babrak_Karmal gptkb:Sultan_Ali_Keshtmand
gptkbp:recognizedBy	gptkb:Bulgaria gptkb:China gptkb:Cuba gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:East_Germany gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Hungary gptkb:India gptkb:Iran gptkb:Laos gptkb:Mongolia gptkb:North_Korea gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Poland gptkb:Romania gptkb:Saudi_Arabia gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Turkey gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Vietnam gptkb:Yugoslavia
gptkbp:startDate	April 1978
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Afghanistan
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Jamiat-e_Islami
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6