Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
| 1978–1992 | |||||||||
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| Status | Satellite state of the Soviet Union | ||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Kabul | ||||||||
| Official languages | |||||||||
| Religion | Islam (official)[1] | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Afghan | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic (1978–1987) Unitary dominant-party Islamic republic (1987–1992) | ||||||||
| General Secretary | |||||||||
• 1978–1979 | Nur Muhammad Taraki | ||||||||
• 1979 | Hafizullah Amin | ||||||||
• 1979–1986 | Babrak Karmal | ||||||||
• 1986–1992 | Mohammad Najibullah | ||||||||
| Head of State | |||||||||
• 1978–1979 (first) | Nur Muhammad Taraki | ||||||||
• 1987–1992 (last) | Mohammad Najibullah | ||||||||
| Head of Government | |||||||||
• 1978–1979 (first) | Nur Muhammad Taraki | ||||||||
• 1990–1992 (last) | Fazal Haq Khaliqyar | ||||||||
| Legislature | Revolutionary Council (1978–1987) National Assembly (from 1987) | ||||||||
| House of Elders (1988–1992) | |||||||||
| House of the People (1988–1992) | |||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
| 27–28 April 1978 | |||||||||
• Proclaimed | 30 April 1978 | ||||||||
| 27 December 1979 | |||||||||
• 1987 loya jirga | 29/30 November 1987 | ||||||||
| 15 February 1989 | |||||||||
| 28 April 1992 | |||||||||
| HDI (1992) |  0.316low | ||||||||
| Currency | Afghani (AFA) | ||||||||
| Calling code | 93 | ||||||||
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The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA),[a] renamed the Republic of Afghanistan[b] in 1987, was the Afghan state during the one-party rule of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from 1978 to 1992. The government collapsed in April 1992. The collapse of government triggered another civil war that led to the rise of the Taliban and their eventual takeover of most of Afghanistan by 1996. During the governments rule of Afghanistan the country relied on the Soviet Union for Assistance, especially during the Soviet-Afghan War.
Notes
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[change | change source]- ↑ Hussain, Rizwan. "Socialism and Islam". The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
The leaders of the DRA emphasized the similarity between Islam and socialism and retained Islam as the state religion.
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