1976 in Afghanistan
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The following lists events that happened during 1976 in Afghanistan.
President Daud Khan pursues schemes of economic development and agricultural improvements with substantial aid from China, the U.S.S.R., Iran, and Kuwait, partly in the form of long-term loans and partly in technical aid.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- Afghanistan and the Soviet Union signed a 5-year trade agreement to improve Soviet-Afghan by 50% in 1980.[1]
- Henry Kissinger visits Afghanistan. He was the last US Secretary of State to visit the country until 2002 which is when Colin Powell visited the country.[2]
March 1976
[edit]- Afghanistan launches its 7 year development plan[3]
April 1976
[edit]Floods and earthquakes devastate the provinces of Herat, Helmand, and Kandahar. Pakistan sends a message of sympathy and contributes substantially to relief operations, indicating a marked relaxation of the previously mounting tension between the two countries, largely due to persuasion by Pres. Nikolai Podgorny of the Soviet Union and the Shah of Iran. By mutual consent, both countries refrain from hostile propaganda.
June 7–11, 1976
[edit]Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan visits Kabul. There, both countries undertake to follow principles of respect for territorial integrity and noninterference in internal affairs set forth by the 1955 Bandung Conference of Asian and African nations.
August 20–24, 1976
[edit]Daud Khan pays a return visit to Islamabad. He and Bhutto reach tentative agreement on a solution to the Pashtunistan problem.
End of November 1976
[edit]An attempted coup, instigated by discontented retired officers and led by a retired general, Mir Ahmad Shah, is discovered and some 50 persons are arrested.
References
[edit]- ^ Relations, United States Congress House Committee on International (1977). Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on International Relations. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 129. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Decontaminate Afghanistan Of Terrorists, Powell Says". The Mount Airy News. 18 January 2002. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Afghanistan Planning Development". Times Daily. 12 July 1977. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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