Cika jumla mai zuwa:
Afrilu 1978 PDPA juyin mulki, babban sakataren PDPA Taraki ya bayyana cewa PDPA 'yan kasa ne da masu juyin juya hali amma ba' yan gurguzu ba, kuma sun bayyana sadaukar da kai ga Musulunci a cikin jihar da ba ta addini ba. Da zarar a cikin iko, duk da haka, ya zama a fili cewa PDPA ya mamaye wani gari intelligentsia kuma rasa wani real zamantakewa tushe a cikin overwhelmingly yankunan karkara da kuma Musulunci al'ummomin Afghanistan. Jam'iyyar ta kaddamar da wani shiri daga sake rarraba ƙasa zuwa 'yanci da ilimin mata, wanda ya keta al'adun gargajiya, dokokin addini, da daidaita ikon tsakanin Kabul da yankunan karkara. Shirin gyaran gyare-gyare, gwagwarmayar aji, maganganun adawa da mulkin mallaka, sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar abota da Tarayyar Soviet, karuwar kasancewar masu ba da shawara na Soviet a cikin kasar, da kuma goyon bayan kasashe kamar Cuba da Koriya ta Arewa sun haifar da kafofin watsa labarai na duniya da abokan adawar cikin gida suna ba da lakabin 'kwaminisanci' ga PDPA.