Died 1979-10-09.
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Nur Muhammad Taraki
Nur Muhammad Taraki was an Afghan communist politician, revolutionary, journalist and writer. He was a founding member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) who served as its General Secretary from 1965 to 1979 and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council from 1978 to 1979.
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culture · Afghan politician (1917–1979) · politician · poet · writer · journalist · also Nur Muhammad Taraki, Taraki
Born 15 July 1917 · Died 9 October 1979 · Q299559
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When our party took over political power, the exploiting classes and reactionary forces went into action. The only rusty and antiquated tool that they use against us is preaching in the name of faith and religion against the progressive movement of our homeland... They ought to be uprooted as a cancerous tumor is from the body of a patient in a surgical operation.
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1979· 8 entries
“We want to create a society in which our workers and farmers can afford to appear in handsome attire and enjoy a good life and health; we want this kind of society.”
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Taraki attended a conference of the Non-Aligned Movement in Havana, Cuba
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“Now we are proud that the government has moved from the class of the exploiters to the class of the people who were being exploited. And in the great name of the same class, I raise this nation's flag which is a strong symbol of this transfer.”
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“Queremos crear una sociedad en la que nuestros trabajadores y campesinos pueden permitirse el lujo de aparecer en hermoso atuendo y disfrutar de una buena vida y salud, queremos ese tipo de sociedad.”
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“I am proud that for the first time in the history of Afghanistan, I am raising the flag of such a people, who are producing all material and immaterial equipment necessary for the life in this country and who make all efforts for prosperity and serendipity of the society. This glorious and magnificent red flag is the symbol of the greatness and pride of these people.”
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“When our party took over political power, the exploiting classes and reactionary forces went into action. The only rusty and antiquated tool that they use against us is preaching in the name of faith and religion against the progressive movement of our homeland... They ought to be uprooted as a cancerous tumor is from the body of a patient in a surgical operation.”
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“I noticed long ago that Amin has the tendency to concentrate power in his own hands but I did not attach any particular significance to this. However, recently this tendency has become dangerous.”
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1978· 3 entries
Career landmark: Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Afghanistan (1978–1979).
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“Amin and I are like nail and flesh, not separable”
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He, Hafizullah Amin and Babrak Karmal initiated the Saur Revolution and established the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
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1967· 1 entry
Less than two years after its founding, the PDPA split into several factions
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1966· 1 entry
Published the Khalq, a party newspaper advocating for class struggle, but the government closed it down shortly afterward
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1963· 1 entry
To focus on the establishment of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), a communist political party
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1958· 1 entry
And established his own translation company, the Noor Translation Bureau
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1957· 1 entry
The Journey of Bang looks at the tribal Pashtun world through Marxist lenses, "an imitation in Pashto of the works of the Soviet novelist Maxim Gorky"
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1937· 1 entry
Taraki started working for Abdul Majid Zabuli, the Minister of Economics, who introduced him to several Russians
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1932· 1 entry
What had become the Kingdom of Afghanistan, at the age of 15, to work in the port city of Bombay, India
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1917· 1 entry
Born 1917-07-15.
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