Afghan communist government after 1978

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Marxist–Leninist regime government one-party state

The Afghan communist government after 1978 was a Marxist-Leninist regime installed following the Saur Revolution, whose internal repression and instability helped trigger the Soviet invasion and a decade-long war against Islamist and tribal insurgents.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Afghan communist era	1
Afghan communist government	1
Afghan communist government after 1978 canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marxist–Leninist regime ⓘ government ⓘ one-party state ⓘ
alliance	Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet–Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionAdopted	1987 ⓘ
constitutionalChange	introduction of National Reconciliation policy ⓘ
country	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency	Afghan afghani NERFINISHED ⓘ
domesticPolicy	land reform ⓘ secular education reforms ⓘ suppression of traditional elites ⓘ women's emancipation policies ⓘ
economicSystem	state-planned economy ⓘ
endTime	1992 ⓘ
faction	Khalq faction of PDPA NERFINISHED ⓘ Parcham faction of PDPA NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstLeader	Nur Muhammad Taraki NERFINISHED ⓘ
foreignPolicyOrientation	pro-Soviet ⓘ
governmentForm	one-party socialist state ⓘ socialist republic ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ secularism ⓘ
initialDominantFaction	Khalq faction NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterDominantFaction	Parcham faction NERFINISHED ⓘ
leader	Babrak Karmal NERFINISHED ⓘ Hafizullah Amin NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohammad Najibullah NERFINISHED ⓘ Nur Muhammad Taraki NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Dari NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashto ⓘ
opposedBy	Afghan mujahideen NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamist insurgents ⓘ tribal insurgents ⓘ
reasonForIntervention	factional conflict within PDPA ⓘ internal instability ⓘ
repression	executions of political opponents ⓘ mass arrests ⓘ purges within PDPA ⓘ
rulingParty	People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
securityService	AGSA NERFINISHED ⓘ KHAD NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	PDPA government NERFINISHED ⓘ
startEvent	Saur Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1978-04-27 ⓘ
supportedBy	Soviet military forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
triggeredEvent	Soviet invasion of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the Soviet Union was committed to expanding its influence → backedGovernment → Afghan communist government after 1978 ⓘ

subject surface form: Soviet Union

General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan → associatedWithPeriod → Afghan communist government after 1978 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan communist era

Parcham faction → participatedIn → Afghan communist government after 1978 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan communist government