Editing Mohammad Daoud Khan (section)

== Early life ==
Mohammad Daoud Khan was born in [[Kabul]], [[Emirate of Afghanistan]], into a [[Barakzai]] [[Pashtun]] family and was the eldest son of the diplomat Prince [[Mohammad Aziz Khan]] (1877–1933; an older half-brother of King [[Mohammad Nadir Shah]]) and his wife, Khurshid [[Begum]]. His father was assassinated in 1933 in [[Berlin]], while serving as the Afghan Ambassador to Germany. He and his brother Prince Naim Khan (1911–1978) then came under the tutelage of their uncle [[Mohammad Hashim Khan]] (1884–1953). Daoud proved to be an apt student of politics.

Educated in [[France]], he served as a senior administrator in the [[Kingdom of Afghanistan]], serving as Governor of the Eastern Province in 1934–35 and in 1938–39, and was Governor of [[Kandahar Province]] from 1935 to 1938.

In 1939, Khan was promoted to Commander of the Central Forces.<ref name="Adamec2003">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bv4hzxpo424C|title=Conflict in Afghanistan: A Historical Encyclopedia|last1=Clements|first1=Frank|last2=Adamec|first2=Ludwig W.|date=2003|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-402-8|page=67|language=en}}</ref> As commander, he led Afghan forces against the [[Safi (Pashtun tribe)|Safi]] during the [[Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947]].<ref name="Adamec2003" /> From 1946 to 1948, he served as [[Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan)|Defense Minister]], then [[Ministry of the Interior (Afghanistan)|Interior Minister]] from 1949 to 1951.<ref name="afgwhoiswho">{{cite book |last1=Adamec |first1=Ludwig |date=1975 |isbn=3201009210 |title=Historical and Political Who's Who of Afghanistan by Ludwig W. Adamec |language=en}}</ref>  In 1948, he served as Afghan Ambassador to France.

In 1951, he was promoted to General and served in that capacity as Commander of the [[Central Corps]] of the [[Afghan Armed Forces]]<ref>Tomsen, Wars of Afghanistan,' 90.</ref> in Kabul from 1951 to 1953.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dupree | first=Louis | title=Afghanistan |publisher= Princeton University Press |year=1980 |pages=475, 498}}</ref>