Afghanistan had been at relative peace since 1933 until a revolutionary communist coup in April 1978 provoked an Islamic rebellion and factional violence.
Sources
- Afghanistan: Remembering the Long, Long War We Would Rather Forget (warontherocks.com)
- https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Mohammed_Zahir_Shah (military-history.fandom.com)
- https://historyrise.com/the-saur-revolution-1978-communist-takeover-and-the-beginning-of-civil-war/ (historyrise.com)
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