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Mohammed Daoud Khan
Mohammad Daoud Khan, also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood 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 1978.
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politics · Afghan military officer and politician (1909–1978) · politician · diplomat · also Mohammed Daoud Khan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan, Khan
Born 18 July 1909 · Died 28 April 1978 · Q310247
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2026· 3 entries
“light his American cigarettes with Soviet matches.”
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“only pretends to be non-aligned.”
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1978· 2 entries
Died 1978-04-28.
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Was deposed and assassinated during the 1978 Afghan coup d'état, led by the Afghan military and the communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)
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1977· 1 entry
Established his own political party, the National Revolutionary Party, which became the focus of all political activity
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1975· 3 entries
His government nationalized all banks in Afghanistan, including Da Afghanistan Bank, Afghanistan's central bank
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Is also believed to be result of anti-Pashtun frustration which had been building up in Panjshir valley as result of Daoud Khan's policies
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Visited some countries in the Middle East, including Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, all of which were anti-Soviet states, to ask for aid, He also visited India
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1974· 2 entries
Signed one of two economic packages that aimed to greatly increase the capability of the Afghan military
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In distancing itself from the Soviet Union
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1973· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Afghanistan (1973–1978).
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1964· 1 entry
King Zahir Shah introduced a new constitution, for the first time excluding all members of the royal family from the Council of Ministers
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1963· 1 entry
Afghan Uzbeks were barred from becoming high-ranking officers in the Afghan armed forces
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1961· 2 entries
As a result of his policies and support to militias in areas along the Durand Line, Pakistan closed its borders with Afghanistan and the latter severed ties, causing an economic crisis and greater dependence on the USSR
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Daoud Khan made another attempt to invade Bajaur with larger Afghan army this time
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1960· 1 entry
Khan sent troops across the poorly-marked Durand Line into the Bajaur Agency of Pakistan in an attempt to manipulate events in that area and to press the Pashtunistan issue, but the Afghan forces were defeated by the Pas
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1953· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953–1963).
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1951· 1 entry
Was promoted to General and served in that capacity as Commander of the Central Corps of the Afghan Armed Forces in Kabul from 1951 to 1953
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1948· 1 entry
Served as Afghan Ambassador to France
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1939· 1 entry
Khan was promoted to Commander of the Central Forces
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1933· 1 entry
In Berlin, while serving as the Afghan Ambassador to Germany
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1909· 1 entry
Born 1909-07-18.
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