<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Afghanistan" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of heads of state of Afghanistan">Afghan leader</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur_Muhammad_Taraki" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nur Muhammad Taraki">Nur Muhammad Taraki</a> is assassinated upon the order of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafizullah_Amin" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hafizullah Amin">Hafizullah Amin</a>, who becomes the new General Secretary of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan">People's Democratic Party</a>.