The PDPA and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of friendship in December.ġ5–20 March 1979 | A popular uprising against the PDPA takes places in Herat. Groups such as the Islamic Society of Afghanistan also begin organising.ġ7 July 1973 | The king’s cousin, Mohammad Daoud Khan launches a coup d’etat, establishing the Republic of Afghanistan.Ģ7 April 1978 | The PDPA launches a coup, killing Daoud and his family, and announces the creation of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. January 1965 | The People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan forms in the nation’s capital, Kabul, against a backdrop of constitutional reform. Afghanistan's agony: the key dates in decades of politics in turmoil and war
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