1973 Coup Kabul, Afghanistan

1973 Coup Kabul, Afghanistan When one might think of Afghanistan the first that comes to mind is: War. Most people do not know that at one point in history Afghanistan was tranquil. Many Afghans still long for this time, “There’s nostalgia these days for that bygone era [when Zahir Shah was king]”(Nelson). The 1973 coup, when Dauod Khan overthrew King Shah, in Kabul, Afghanistan is the reason why it is in its current state today. Dauod proposed he had a better plan for the Afghan people; this threw Afghanistan into their everlasting many wars and turmoil. Before the coup, when King Zahir Shah was in power the country was peaceful. Although Dauod Khan made promises to the Afghan people, the citizens had more human and political rights with King Shah in power. …show more content…
The people of Afghanistan treasured King Shah. Contrary to popular belief, at one point Afghanistan was actually peaceful. When author John Blake interviews a woman who lived in Afghanistan before the coup, she rejoices on the times when “there was hardly any crime in Kabul, and the government was stable”(Blake). Society viewed women the same as men at this time in Afghanistan, astonishingly at one point they were ahead of the United States with women’s rights. Religious freedom in Afghanistan is unheard of nowadays. Afghanistan before the coup was comparable to the United States with freedom. Zahir Shah’s goal was to work toward a democracy for his people. This is when talk of the coup aroused with Daoud Khan, “It all happened during the decade of democratization”(Synovitz). Zahir Shah was working toward a democracy for the Afghan people to continue creating gender equality, religious freedom, and basic rights in

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