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Saur Revolution
Part of the Cold War and the Afghan conflict
Troops and vehicles at the gates of the Arg (presidential palace) in Kabul on 28 April 1978
Date 27–28 April 1978 (1 day) Location Afghanistan 34°31′31″N 69°10′42″E / 34.52528°N 69.17833°E / 34.52528; 69.17833 Result PDPA victory Overthrow and execution of Mohammad Daoud Khan and his family Purging of Daoud's supporters from the government Establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Eventual Soviet military intervention
Belligerents
Republic of Afghanistan	People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
Mohammad Daoud Khan X Mohammed Naim Khan X Abdul Qadir Nuristani X Ghulam Haidar Rasuli  Sayyid Abdulillah † Maj. Gen Mohammad Nazim † Maj. Gen Haji Nawaz  † Brig. Gen Abdul Sattar Khan †	Nur Muhammad Taraki Hafizullah Amin Mohammad Aslam Watanjar Mohammed Rafie Abdul Qadir Mohammed Yakub Major Khaleelullah Nazar Mohammad
Units involved
Afghan Armed Forces Afghan Republican Army 11th Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 1st Central Army Corps Republican Guard Brigade 717th Civil Disciplinary Regiment 7th Infantry Division   8th Infantry Division Afghan Commando Forces 242nd Parachute Battalion 444th Commando Battalion 455th Commando Battalion	PDPA defectors Afghan Republican Army 11th Division 1st Central Army Corps 7th Division 4th Armored Brigade 15th Armored Brigade 88th Heavy Artillery Brigade Afghan Commando Forces 242nd Parachute Battalion 444th Commando Battalion 455th Commando Battalion Afghan Air Force 322nd Air Regiment 355th Air Regiment 373rd Air Regiment
Strength
12,500 personnel	1,300 personnel
Casualties and losses
2,000+ killed (combined)
Kabul Location of Afghanistan's capital city

Wikipedia Categories

• People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
• 1978 in politics
• 1970s revolutions
• Conflicts in 1978
• 1970s coups d'état
• April 1978 in Asia
• 1978 in Afghanistan
• Communist revolutions
• Communism in Afghanistan
• Coups d'état in Afghanistan
• Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
• Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)

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