 During his short stay in power (104 days), Amin became committed to establishing a collective leadership.When Taraki was ousted, Amin promised "from now on there will be no one-man government ..."' Prior to the Soviet intervention, the PDPA executed between 1,000 and 7,000 people, mostly at Pul-e-Charkhi prison.The total number arrested during Taraki's and Amin's rule combined, lays somewhere in between 17,000 and 25,000.