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Event · 1978 CE – 1992 CE

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

Also known as

Afeganistão socialista
Afganistaan demokraattlaž tääʹssväʹldd
Afganistan comunista
Afganistan demokraatlâš täsiväldi
Afganistan Demokratik Cumhuriyeti
Afganistan socialista

Image illustrating Democratic Republic of Afghanistan — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Democratic Republic of Afghanistansee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

religionIslam631 CE
had as citizenAbdul Ahad Mohmand1959 CE
had as citizenAbdul Ghani Baradar1963 CE
had as citizenAbdul Majid Zabuli1896 CE
containsAfghan mujahideen

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1979 CE

had as citizenAkhtar Mansour1968 CE

continentAsia

containsKHAD1978 CE

had as citizenMeena Keshwar Kamal1956 CE

birthplace ofMohammad Yaqoob1990 CE

had as citizenMuhammad al-Fayadh1930 CE

had as citizenMuhammad Asif Mohseni1935 CE

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Democratic Republic of Afghanistan · Alexandria