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Head of State
History of Afghanistan
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| | 1933 | Shah, Mohammad Zahir | |
| Succeeds as Shah of Afghanistan |
| 1963 | Shah, Mohammad Zahir | |
| Kabul Appointed Head of State for Afghanistan |
| 1972 | Shah, Mohammad Zahir | |
| Kabul Incompetent rule leads to a famine of over 100,000 people |
| 1973 | Shah, Mohammad Zahir | |
| 27th July Kabul Overthrown by his cousin Daud |
| 1974 | Shah, Mohammad Zahir | |
| 17th July King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees |
| 1986 | Najibullah, Mohammad | |
| Mohammad Najibullah, former chief of the Afghansecret police (KHAD), is elected president and a new constitution is adopted |
| 1987 | Mojaddedi, Sibghatullah | |
| Mojaddedi, as head of the Interim AfghanGovernment, meets President of the United States George H.W. Bush, achieving a critical diplomatic victory for the AfghanResistance |
| Sibghatullah Mojaddedi is selected as the head of the Interim Islamic State of Afghanistan, in an attempt to reassert its legitimacy against the Moscow-sponsored Kabul regime |
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