Afghanistan had been at relative peace since 1933 until a revolutionary communist coup in April 1978 provoked an Islamic rebellion and factional violence.
Notes on verification
Well corroborated by multiple independent sources including Britannica and historical accounts; aligns with established historical consensus on Afghanistan's 20th-century political history.
Sources
- Afghanistan: Remembering the Long, Long War We Would Rather Forget (warontherocks.com)
- https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Mohammed_Zahir_Shah (military-history.fandom.com)
- https://historyrise.com/the-saur-revolution-1978-communist-takeover-and-the-beginning-of-civil-war/ (historyrise.com)