When and where was Nur Muhammad Taraki born?
Nur Muhammad Taraki was born on the 14th of July 1917 in Nawa, a district within Ghazni Province. He grew up as part of a Ghilji Pashtun peasant family that owned little land.
Nur Muhammad Taraki was born on the 14th of July 1917 in Nawa, a district within Ghazni Province. He grew up as part of a Ghilji Pashtun peasant family that owned little land.
Babrak Karmal co-founded the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan alongside Nur Muhammad Taraki at his residence in Kabul's Karte Char district. The first congress elected Taraki General Secretary on the 1st of January 1965 while Karmal took the position of second secretary.
On the 1st of May 1978, Nur Muhammad Taraki became Chairman of the Revolutionary Council combining responsibilities of both president and prime minister. His government initiated land reform on the 1st of January 1979 to limit family land ownership and introduced radical Marxist policies challenging traditional values.
Afghan media reported two days later he died of serious illness omitting murder mention. Amin ordered death of Taraki occurring on the 9th of October 1979 when suffocated with pillows by three men under Amin's orders.
Nur Muhammad Taraki signed a Twenty-Year Treaty of Friendship with the Soviet Union on the 5th of December 1978. This agreement greatly expanded Soviet aid to his regime following the Herat uprising.