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Mohammad Daoud Khan (Pashto: محمد داود خان; also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan; 18 July 1909 – 28 April 1978) was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup d'état which overthrew the monarchy, served as the first president of Afghanistan from 1973 until his assassination ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Mohammad Daud Khan (born July 18, 1909, Kabul, Afghanistan—died April 27, 1978, Kabul) was an Afghan politician who overthrew the monarchy of Mohammad Zahir Shah in 1973 to establish Afghanistan as a republic. He served as the country’s president from 1973 to 1978.
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Mar 18, 2009 · In 1973, Mr. Daoud Khan overthrew the last king of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, who was his cousin, and founded the Republic of Afghanistan. His assassination five years later plunged the ...
Jul 18, 2020 · How did Daoud Khan's coup against the monarchy in 1973 lead to Afghanistan's chaos and instability? Learn about his domestic and foreign policy blunders, and the lessons for Afghanistan's future.
Afghan president is overthrown and murdered. Afghanistan President Sardar Mohammed Daoud is overthrown and murdered in a coup led by procommunist rebels. The brutal action marked the beginning of ...
When King Mohammed Zahir Shah was overthrown in a 1973 coup, the opposition’s leader, Mohammed Daoud Khan, took over. But his leadership was unstable, and th...
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Mohammad Daoud Khan was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup d'état which overthrew the monarchy, served as the first president of Afghanistan from 1973 until his assassination in the Saur Revolution.
