Hafizullah Amin
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| Born | 1 August 1929 Paghman, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Died | 27 December 1979 (Age 50) Tajbeg Palace, Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
Cause of death | gunshot wound |
| Nationality | Afghan |
| Alma mater | • University of Kabul • Columbia University |
| Party | Property "Has politicalParty" (as page type) with input value "People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan|People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan|“People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan”]] |
Hafizullah Amin was an Afghan communist head of state, who served from September 1979 until his assassination.
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The Soviets strongly suspected he was either a CIA asset[1] or or prepared to sell out to the United States.[2]
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