Afghan communist government after 1978

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The Afghan communist government after 1978 was a Marxist-Leninist regime installed following the Saur Revolution, whose internal repression and instability helped trigger the Soviet invasion and a decade-long war against Islamist and tribal insurgents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist–Leninist regime
government
one-party state
alliance Soviet Union
capital Kabul
conflict Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
linked to: Afghan Civil War

Soviet–Afghan War
constitutionAdopted 1987
constitutionalChange introduction of National Reconciliation policy
country Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
currency Afghan afghani
domesticPolicy land reform
secular education reforms
suppression of traditional elites
women's emancipation policies
economicSystem state-planned economy
endTime 1992
faction Khalq faction of PDPA
linked to: Khalq faction

Parcham faction of PDPA
linked to: Parcham faction
firstLeader Nur Muhammad Taraki
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-Soviet
governmentForm one-party socialist state
socialist republic
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
secularism
initialDominantFaction Khalq faction
laterDominantFaction Parcham faction
leader Babrak Karmal
Hafizullah Amin
Mohammad Najibullah
Nur Muhammad Taraki
officialLanguage Dari
Pashto
opposedBy Afghan mujahideen
Islamist insurgents
tribal insurgents
reasonForIntervention factional conflict within PDPA
internal instability
repression executions of political opponents
mass arrests
purges within PDPA
rulingParty People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
securityService AGSA
KHAD
shortName PDPA government
linked to: PDPA
startEvent Saur Revolution
startTime 1978-04-27
supportedBy Soviet military forces
linked to: Soviet armed forces
triggeredEvent Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
linked to: Soviet–Afghan War

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Soviet Union backedGovernment Afghan communist government after 1978
General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan associatedWithPeriod Afghan communist era
linked to: Afghan communist government after 1978
Parcham faction participatedIn Afghan communist government
linked to: Afghan communist government after 1978
Fazal Haq Khaliqyar participatedIn Afghan communist government
linked to: Afghan communist government after 1978