![The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979: Not Trump's Terrorists, Nor Zbig's Warm Water Ports | National Security Archive The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979: Not Trump's Terrorists, Nor Zbig's Warm Water Ports | National Security Archive](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/brezhnev-taraki-gromyko.jpg)
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979: Not Trump's Terrorists, Nor Zbig's Warm Water Ports | National Security Archive
![President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assasinated in 1979, on the orders of his erstwhile associate Hafizullah Amin. One of the factors that would lead to Soviet intervention in 1979, starting a long President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assasinated in 1979, on the orders of his erstwhile associate Hafizullah Amin. One of the factors that would lead to Soviet intervention in 1979, starting a long](https://preview.redd.it/president-nur-muhammad-taraki-is-assasinated-in-1979-on-the-v0-z91zz6y1tqn91.png?width=250&format=png&auto=webp&s=35cbdcb774e476546b4ba8b54f1e4c3176142efa)
President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assasinated in 1979, on the orders of his erstwhile associate Hafizullah Amin. One of the factors that would lead to Soviet intervention in 1979, starting a long
![Stamp: President Nur Muhammad Taraki (Afghanistan(1st Anniversary of the Saur Revolution) Mi:AF 1219,Sn:AF 960,Yt:AF 1041,Sg:AF 836 Stamp: President Nur Muhammad Taraki (Afghanistan(1st Anniversary of the Saur Revolution) Mi:AF 1219,Sn:AF 960,Yt:AF 1041,Sg:AF 836](https://i.colnect.net/f/2151/912/President-Nur-Muhammad-Taraki.jpg)
Stamp: President Nur Muhammad Taraki (Afghanistan(1st Anniversary of the Saur Revolution) Mi:AF 1219,Sn:AF 960,Yt:AF 1041,Sg:AF 836
![Emran Feroz on Twitter: "Seems that some of the PTM folks who came to Kabul from Pakistan had nothing better to do than celebrating and whitewashing Communist mass murderer Noor Mohammad Taraki, Emran Feroz on Twitter: "Seems that some of the PTM folks who came to Kabul from Pakistan had nothing better to do than celebrating and whitewashing Communist mass murderer Noor Mohammad Taraki,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETACHRvX0Aczu4B.jpg)
Emran Feroz on Twitter: "Seems that some of the PTM folks who came to Kabul from Pakistan had nothing better to do than celebrating and whitewashing Communist mass murderer Noor Mohammad Taraki,
![Afghan Historians on Twitter: "Background: Nur Mohammad Taraki was a journalist & government worker, who also served as attaché to Afghan Embassy in DC in 1953. He was a founding member of Afghan Historians on Twitter: "Background: Nur Mohammad Taraki was a journalist & government worker, who also served as attaché to Afghan Embassy in DC in 1953. He was a founding member of](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETNLFkGXsAYPV8g.jpg)
Afghan Historians on Twitter: "Background: Nur Mohammad Taraki was a journalist & government worker, who also served as attaché to Afghan Embassy in DC in 1953. He was a founding member of
![President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assasinated in 1979, on the orders of his erstwhile associate Hafizullah Amin. One of the factors that would lead to Soviet intervention in 1979, starting a long President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assasinated in 1979, on the orders of his erstwhile associate Hafizullah Amin. One of the factors that would lead to Soviet intervention in 1979, starting a long](https://preview.redd.it/president-nur-muhammad-taraki-is-assasinated-in-1979-on-the-v0-x3apt7f1tqn91.png?width=275&format=png&auto=webp&s=5b03afb8e90105d09500a98a19da6b73483c5807)
President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assasinated in 1979, on the orders of his erstwhile associate Hafizullah Amin. One of the factors that would lead to Soviet intervention in 1979, starting a long
![Supporters of the Afghan communist regime celebrate the first anniversary of the 1978 coup that installed Nur Muhammad Taraki, who was himself overthrown in 1979. (AFP, Getty Images) | HistoryNet Supporters of the Afghan communist regime celebrate the first anniversary of the 1978 coup that installed Nur Muhammad Taraki, who was himself overthrown in 1979. (AFP, Getty Images) | HistoryNet](https://www.historynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/MIHP-190500-SOVIETS-02.jpg)