The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saur_Revolution" id="mwzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saur Revolution">Saur Revolution</a> begins in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Daoud_Khan" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mohammed Daoud Khan">Mohammed Daoud Khan</a> and the establishment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Democratic Republic of Afghanistan">Democratic Republic of Afghanistan</a>.<sup about="#mwt51" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_27#cite_note-8" id="mw0w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw1A">[8]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt55" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_27#cite_note-9" id="mw1Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw1g">[9]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"><cite about="#mwt48" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBdk"><a class="external text" href="http://www.historyguy.com/afghan_civil_war.html" id="mwBdo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Afghan Civil War (1978–Present)"</a>. historyguy.com<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBds">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBdw">25 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt48" class="Z3988" id="mwBd0" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=The+Afghan+Civil+War+%281978%E2%80%93Present%29&amp;rft.pub=historyguy.com&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyguy.com%2Fafghan_civil_war.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+27"></span></span>