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Reference FCO 37/2077
Department/Office Foreign Office
Title Afghanistan: military coup, 27 April 1978 (Folder 2)
Date 1978
Collection Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1972-1980
Region South Asia
Countries Afghanistan
Places Afghanistan; Balochistan; Bangladesh; Beijing; China; Daman; Delhi; Dhaka (Dacca); France; India; Iran; Islamabad; Kabul; Kandahar; Karachi; Kathmandu; London; Mumbai (Bombay); New York; Pakistan; Paris; Peshawar; Uttar Pradesh (United Provinces); Washington, DC
People Amin, Hafizullah; Daoud Khan, Mohammad; Karmal, Babrak; Mirza, Iskander Ali; Owen, David, Baron Owen; Taraki, Noor Mohammad; Zahir Shah of Afghanistan
Topics agriculture; air force; aircraft; army; assassination; battle; British Government; British nationals; business; Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) (or Baghdad Pact); communications; communism; coup d'état; democracy; education; elections; foreign policy; independence; Indian National Congress; international border; investment; Islam; judicial system; Khalq (People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan faction); land reform; language; migration; military; mining; nationalism; NATO; nonalignment; Parcham (People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan faction); parliament; peasantry; People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan; propaganda; Raj; refugees; revolt; revolution; roads; Royal Air Force; Shia Muslim; socialism; trade; war; weapons; women
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