![]() PDPA sign deal with USSR allowing USSR to offer military support if needed. PDPA tortured members of the traditional elite. ![]() PDPA, funded by USSR, implemented a liberal agenda ("made a number of reforms on women's rights, banning forced marriages.The USSR also sent contractors to build hospitals and schools). 1978 - PDPA succeed in a military coup of the government, country is renamed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.1973 - Government overthrows the Monarchy.(I am not a historian so there may be important things missing here) This is a basic time line I put together of the key points, based on Wikipedia and the BBC. Here's a reply I put together previously for another thread:
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