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"Afghanistan" This essay is about the history of events that has happened in Afghanistan, and about the past to present leaders.

Date Submitted: 05/31/2003 07:31:17
Category: / History / Middle East History
Length: 4 pages (1181 words)
The King was overthrown in 1973. Muhammad Daoud took the power as President of the Afghanistan. He established an autocratic, one-party state, later had purged his government of leftists, and in the last years of his rule had sought financial support form Iran, ruled by the Shah, and Saudi Arabia in order to make Afghanistan less dependent on Soviet economic aid. On April 28, 1978, the regime of President Mohammad Daoud ended violently. Military units raided the Presidential …
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