Kammala wannan magana: An san Khan da mulkinsa na mulkin mallaka, da kuma ilimin ilimi da ci gaban zamantakewar al'umma. A karkashin mulkinsa, ya jagoranci tsarkakewar 'yan gurguzu a cikin gwamnati, kuma yawancin manufofinsa sun kuma sa masu ra'ayin mazan jiya na addini, masu sassaucin ra'ayi wadanda suka goyi bayan dawo da tsarin jam'iyyun da suka wanzu a karkashin mulkin mallaka, da' yan tsiraru wadanda suka fusata da abin da suka dauka a matsayin fifiko ga Pashtuns. An yi la'akari da sauye-sauyen zamantakewa da tattalin arziki da aka aiwatar a ƙarƙashin mulkinsa a matsayin mai nasara, amma manufofinsa na waje ya haifar da tashin hankali tare da ƙasashe maƙwabta. A shekara ta 1978, an yi masa juyin mulki kuma aka kashe shi a lokacin yakin basasa.
Juyin Juya Halin Saur, wanda sojojin Afghanistan da jam'iyyar kwaminisanci ta Democratic Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) ke jagoranta.