Hafizullah Amin27 December 1979
Soviet special forces storm Amin's residence and destroy his government.
Afghanistan · Government / Government of Afghanistan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Soviet special forces storm Amin's residence and destroy his government.
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