Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A karkashin jagorancin Nur Muhammad Taraki 'yan gurguzu sun kwace mulki a Afghanistan
a ranar 27 ga Afrilu 1978. Sabuwar mulkin - wanda aka raba tsakanin Taraki ta tsattsauran ra'ayi Khalq bangare da kuma mafi moderate Parcham - sanya hannu kan wata yarjejeniya ta abota da Tarayyar Soviet a watan Disamba na wannan shekarar. Kokarin Taraki na inganta ilimin duniya da sake rarraba ƙasa ya kasance tare da kashe-kashen jama'a (gami da shugabannin addinai masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da yawa) da kuma zalunci na siyasa wanda ba a taɓa gani ba a tarihin Afghanistan, wanda ya haifar da tawaye daga 'yan tawayen mujahideen.