DRA

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DRA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, the Soviet-aligned Afghan state that existed from 1978 to 1992.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
DRA canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf one-party state
socialist state
alliedWith Soviet Union
alsoKnownAs Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA)
Saur Revolution regime
bloc Eastern Bloc-aligned
cameToPowerBy military coup
capital Kabul
conflict Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
linked to: Afghan Civil War

Soviet–Afghan War
constitutionAdopted 1980
1987
continent Asia
country Afghanistan
currency Afghan afghani
endDate 1992-04-28
establishedAfter Saur Revolution
firstHeadOfGovernment Nur Muhammad Taraki
firstHeadOfState Nur Muhammad Taraki
flagDescription red flag with PDPA emblem (1980–1987)
red flag with yellow emblem (1978–1980)
tricolor black-red-green with emblem (1987–1992)
followedBy Islamic State of Afghanistan
governmentType Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Council of Ministers
headOfStateTitle Chairman of the Revolutionary Council
President
ideology Afghan socialism
Marxism–Leninism
lastHeadOfGovernment Fazal Haq Khaliqyar
lastHeadOfState Mohammad Najibullah
leader Babrak Karmal
Hafizullah Amin
Mohammad Najibullah
Nur Muhammad Taraki
legislature National Assembly
Revolutionary Council
officialLanguage Dari
Pashto
opposedBy Afghan mujahideen
precededBy Republic of Afghanistan (Daoud Khan)
region Central Asia
South Asia
religionPolicy officially secular
rulingParty People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
securityService AGSA
KHAD
shortName DRA
startDate 1978-04-27

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan shortName DRA
subject linked to: DRA