1976 Afghanistan attempted coup

In 1976, a coup was attempted in Afghanistan against the government of President Mohammed Daoud Khan by the Qiyam-i Islami, an Islamist group formed largely of Afghan Army personnel.^[1] The coup was preempted; General Mir Ahmad Shah Rizwani and 50 of his associates were arrested on 9 December 1976, and Rizwani executed in 1978 following the communist takeover.^[2]

References

1. Barry M. Rubin (2010). Guide to Islamist Movements. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 181–. ISBN 978-0-7656-4138-0.
2. Hafizullah Emadi (14 September 2010). Dynamics of Political Development in Afghanistan: The British, Russian, and American Invasions. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-0-230-11200-1.