Who did Taraki defeat to take power in 1978?
It was a Coup, not an Election
Babrak Karmal
Hafizullah Amin
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Answer
It was not an election, it was a coup. In 1978, Taraki led a group of Khalq and Parcham communists in a coup d'état that overthrew the Afghan government of Mohammed Daoud Khan. The coup was supported by the Soviet Union, which wanted to establish a communist government in Afghanistan.
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