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Mir Akbar Khyber

Mir Akbar Khyber
مير اکبر خيبر
Editor of the Parcham
In office
1968–1969
Personal details
Born(1925-01-11)January 11, 1925[1]
Logar, Emirate of Afghanistan
Died17 April 1978(1978-04-17) (aged 53)
Kabul, Republic of Afghanistan
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party of Afghanistan-Parcham

Mir Akbar Khyber[a][b] (January 11, 1925[1] – April 17, 1978) was an Afghan left-wing intellectual and a leader of the Parcham faction of People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). His assassination by an unidentified person or people led to the overthrow of Mohammed Daoud Khan's republic, and to the advent of a socialist regime in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

  1. ^ a b Neither of the two claimed birthdates (January 11 or March 11 in 1925) is supported by a source. The Pashto language Wikipedia declares the date as January 11, 1925, put does not cite to a source.


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