Afghanistan
... Muhammad Daoud took the power as President of the Afghanistan. He established an autocratic, one-party state, later had purged his government of leftists, and in the last years of his rule had sought financial support form Iran, ruled by the Shah, and Saudi Arabia in order to make Afghanistan less dependent on Soviet economic aid. ... All happened after the assassination of Mir Akbar Khyber, April 17, a Marxist ideologue a member of the Parcham faction of the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan. ... Taraki, Amin, and Karmal were the central player in the leftists revolution of the Afghanistan. ... 221, 22) The PDPA leaders established the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, with Nur Muhammad Taraki as president of the Revolutionary Council and prime minister. ... 100) Finally, in December 1979, Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan and overthrew Amin, who was later executed. ... In 1987 an eight group alliance brought together Shiite Afghan groups based in Iran as the Islamic Coalition Council of Afghanistan. ... 62) mentions, "the Soviets claimed that they had 1000,000 troops in Afghanistan, but the West estimated the number to be closer to 115,000. ... It can only be hoped that Afghanistan can regain some stability so that the country can recover from the fighting that has gone on for so many years.