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| 1973 | Daud Khan, Sardar Mohammad |  |
| 17th July Kabul Stages a coup while Zahir Shah is out of the country |
| 1973 | Khan, Mohammad Daud | |
| 17th July Kabul After the famine of 1972, overthrows King Mohammed Zahir Shah in a Soviet backed coup |
| 17th July Kabul Forces the King into exile & proclaims a Republic |
| 17th July Kabul Proclaims a republic |
| 1973 | Shah, Mohammad Zahir | |
| 27th July Overthrown by his cousin Daud |
| 1978 | Amin, Hafizullah | |
| Kabul Power is assumed by a 57 member Revolutionary Council of the People's Democratic Party |
| Kabul Reforms are opposed by conservative Muslims & thousands flee to Pakistan & Iran |
| 1978 | Daud Khan, Sardar Mohammad | |
| 27th April Overthrown & assassinated during a left-led military coup |
| 1978 | Khan, Mohammad Daud | |
| 27th April Kabul The banned pro-Russian PDPA stages a coup during which Daud is killed |
| 1978 | Taraki, Nur Muhammad | |
| Kabul Declares martial law |
| 12th Mar Kabul The National Liberation Front declares a Jihad against the Godless Government in Kabul |
| 27th April Kabul Daud is assassinated in a military coup |
| 27th April Kabul Imprisoned leader of the Khalk faction of the banned PDPA |
| 27th April Kabul Nur Muhammad Taraki, Secretary General of the PDPA, becomes President of the Revolutionary Council and Prime Minister of the newly established Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
| 27th April Kabul Takes charge as President of the Revolutionary Council |
| 1979 | Amin, Hafizullah | |
| 3rd July President Jimmy Carter signs a directive authorizing the CIA to conduct covert propaganda operations against the revolutionary regime |
| 14th Sep Kabul President Taraki tries to have Amin assassinated but fails, Amin has him arrested |
| 21st Oct Kabul Opens an offensive against guerrillas with the help of 3,000 Russian military advisers |
| 1979 | Carter, Jimmy |  |
| 3rd July President Jimmy Carter signs a directive authorizing the CIA to conduct covert propaganda operations against the revolutionary regime |
| 1979 | Karmal, Babrak | |
| 27th Dec Placed in power by a Russian backed coup d'etat |
| 1979 | Taraki, Nur Muhammad | |
| Herat Shiites capture Herat, the government retakes it but the country falls into anarchy |
| 10th Oct Kabul Death of Nur Taraki, assassinated |
| 10th Oct Kabul Officially dies under arrest for trying to assassinate Prime Minister Hafizullah Amin |
| 10th Oct Kabul Officially diesunder arrest for trying to assassinate Prime Minister Hafizullah Amin |
| 10th Oct Kabul The Kabul Times announces Taraki's death |
