Abdul Qadir (Afghan communist)
| Abdul Qadir | |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 1982 – December 1986 |
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| Premier | Sultan Ali Keshtmand |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Rafie |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Rafie |
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In office 30 April 1978 – August 1978 |
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| Premier | Sultan Ali Keshtmand |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Haidar Rasuli |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Aslam Watanjar |
| Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Armed Forces | |
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In office 28 April 1978 – 30 April 1978 |
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| Preceded by | Mohammed Daoud Khan |
| Succeeded by | Nur Muhammad Taraki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 Herat, Afghanistan |
| Died | 22 April 2014 (aged 69–70) |
| Political party | People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Colonel Abdul Qadir (1944 – 22 April 2014) was the leader of the Afghan Air Force squadrons that attacked the Radio-TV Station during the 1978 Coup that started the Saur Revolution.
He also participated in the 1973 Coup that created the Daoud Republic of Afghanistan under the Presidency of Mohammad Daoud Khan. He served as the leader of the country for three days, when the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan took power and declared the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. He was born in 1944 in Herat and trained as a pilot in the Soviet Union.
Former Prime Minister Mohammad Daoud Khan led the coup with General Abdul Karim Mustaghni, who had been Chief of Staff of the armed forces. Daoud promised radical land reform, the legalisation of political parties and other reforms. The Parcham was offered four minister posts in Daoud's government. As a Parcham member, Qadir was nominated vice-commander of the Afghan air force, while another Parcham supporter, Major Zia Mohammadzi Zia, was appointed head of the Afghan army. However, by 1974 Daoud removed and downgraded many of the Parcham ministers in the government. Qadir was thus downgraded to head of Kabul's Military abattoir. Many Parcham supporters, including Major Qadir, shifted allegiance to Khalq.
In April 1978 Daoud and his hardline interior minister, General Abdul Qadir Khan Nuristani, launched a sharp government crackdown on the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). It proved to be a miscalculation. Major Qadir and Colonel Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, another leading PDPA member in the military, narrowly escaped arrest and early on 27 April Hafizullah Amin was able to smuggle out the order to restart the coup.
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