The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Afghanistan" id="mwASQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of Afghanistan">President of Afghanistan</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Daoud_Khan" id="mwASU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mohammed Daoud Khan">Mohammed Daoud Khan</a>, is overthrown and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination" id="mwASY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Assassination">assassinated</a> in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saur_Revolution" id="mwASc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saur Revolution">coup</a> led by pro-communist rebels.<sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Thompson"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-Thompson-8"}}' id="cite_ref-Thompson_8-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_28#cite_note-Thompson-8" id="mwASg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASk">[8]</span></a></sup>