Mohammad Daoud Khan was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup d'état which overthrew the monarchy, served as the first president of Afghanistan from 1973 until his assassination in the Saur Revolution.
Daoud in 1975
Daoud Khan visiting National Iranian Radio and Television in Iran, c. 1974.
Outside the front gates of the Arg (the presidential palace, formerly the chief royal palace) in Kabul, the day after the Saur Revolution (28 April 1978)
Tomb of Sardar Daoud Khan (July 2022)
Prime Minister of Afghanistan
The prime minister of Afghanistan, officially the prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the head of government of Afghanistan.
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Image: Sardar Mohammed Daud
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Image: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, BBC Persian Sep 28, 2019