Saur Revolution
April 1978 coup in Afghanistan
The Saur Revolution (pronounced like "sour"; Dari: إنقلاب ثور or ۷ ثور (literally 7th Saur); Pashto: د ثور انقلاب), also romanized Sowr Revolution and alternatively called the April Revolution or the April Coup, was a revolution in which the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) overthrew General Mohammad Daoud Khan and his republican government on 27–28 April 1978. The revolution caused a new Marxist-Leninist government to be formed in the country and was named after the date in the Persian calendar.
Other websites
change- Surviving the 1978 Revolution in Afghanistan, a personal account of the experiences of Larry Clinton Thompson, an American, during the Saur Revolution
- How I escaped from jail in Afghanistan by Ismail Sloan, another personal account of an American who traveled to Afghanistan to rescue assets shortly after the revolution and during Khan's short-lived government
