Central Asian Republic (1978–1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA),[lower-alpha 1] renamed the Republic of Afghanistan[lower-alpha 2] 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.
1978–1992 | |||||||||
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 | ||||||||
• Soviet withdrawal | 15 February 1989 | ||||||||
• Fall of Kabul | 28 April 1992 | ||||||||
HDI (1992) | 0.316 low | ||||||||
Currency | Afghani (AFA) | ||||||||
Calling code | 93 | ||||||||
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