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Abdul Qadir

colonel generalAfghanistanSoviet Union

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19442014

1950196019701980199020002010

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Colonel General Abdul Qadir, was an Afghan military officer and politician. He was a participant of the 1973 Afghan coup d'état that created the Republic of Afghanistan under President Mohammad Daoud Khan, and later directed the Afghan Air Force and Army Air Corps squadrons that attacked the Radio-TV station during the Saur Revolution.

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