The Gang of Four in the

politics of Afghanistan Afghanistan is a totalitarian theocracy and emirate in which the Taliban, Taliban Islamic Movement holds a monopoly on power. Dissent is not permitted, and politics are mostly limited to internal Taliban policy debates and power struggles. As the ...

was a group of

Khalq Khalq ( ps, خلق, ) was a faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). Its historical ''de facto'' leaders were Nur Muhammad Taraki (1967–1979), Hafizullah Amin (1979) and Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy (1979–1990). It was also ...

ist government officials consisting of

Aslam Watanjar Mohammad Aslam Watanjar ( ps, محمداسلم وطنجار, 1946 – November 2000) was an Afghan general and politician. He played a significant role in the coup in 1978 that killed the Afghan president Mohammad Daud Khan and started the " Saur R ...

(Minister of Interior), Sayed Muhammad Gulabzoy (Minister of Communications), (Minister of Border Affairs), and Asadullah Sarwari (Director of State Security), who supported

Nur Muhammad Taraki Nur Muhammad Taraki (; 14 July 1917 – 9 October 1979) was an Afghan revolutionary communist politician, journalist and writer. He was a founding member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) who served as its General Secret ...

in his power struggle against

Hafizullah Amin Hafizullah Amin (Pashto/ prs, حفيظ الله امين; 1 August 192927 December 1979) was an Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher. He organized the Saur Revolution of 1978 and co-founded the Democratic Republic of Afghanist ...

in 1979.

References

Political history of Afghanistan Afghanistan–Soviet Union relations Factions of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union {{Afghanistan-hist-stub