The Opium Economy of Afghanistan. ... One of the first efforts toward the prohibition of poppy came in 1957 under the Muhammad Daud Khan government, when Afghanistan was not a big grower.

NEW DELHI: Visiting Afghan President … Mohammad Daud met Indian External Affairs Minister Yeshwantrao Chavan for 45 minutes today [March 11]. They are understood to have reviewed, according to ...

The recent strikes by Pakistan on TTP sanctuaries inside Afghanistan have inflamed Afghan rhetoric once again about sovereignty.

1973 - Mohammed Daoud Khan deposes the king in a bloodless coup and becomes Afghanistan's first president. 1978 - Communists under Nur Muhammad Taraki seize power in a coup against President ...

And it invokes the legacy of Afghanistan’s first president, Mohammad ... In 1977, Daud successfully persuaded the Soviets to agree on allocating a minimum of 6 cubic km ... By Kashif Hasan Khan.

The canal project was initially conceived in the 1970s under the first Afghan president, Mohammed Daoud Khan, and construction finally began in 2021 under the last, Ashraf Ghani.

The Taliban’s anti-Persian stance is rooted in their educational and cultural background, but also reflects a longstanding desire by successive Afghan governments to displace the Persian language.

Farid Azim, an official at the National Development Company overseeing its construction, pointed out last year that Afghanistan’s first president, Mohammad Daud Khan, had a similar vision in the ...

What President Lee Jae-myung Means for ... in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday ... The 1978 collapse of Mohammad Daud Khan’s government and the Communist takeover of Kabul allowed Pakistan ...

Originally published on Aug 14, 2022. President Mohammad Ayub Khan arrives in Kabul on a two-day visit to Afghanistan, in response to an invitation extended by King Zahir Shah. Considerable ...

General Austin Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, greets General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, the Afghan defense minister, during a ceremony on July 12, 2021, in Kabul that marked the end ...