Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 hambarar da shi kuma aka kashe shi a lokacin juyin juya halin Saur,
jagorancin sojojin Afghanistan da kuma jam'iyyar kwaminisanci ta jam'iyyar PDP ta Afghanistan (PDPA).