Editing Hafizullah Amin (section)

===Saur Revolution===
{{further|Saur Revolution}}
 
On 18 April 1978 [[Mir Akbar Khyber]], the chief ideologue of the Parcham faction, was killed; he was commonly believed to have been assassinated by the Daoud government. Khyber's assassination initiated a chain of events which led to the PDPA taking power eleven days later, on 27 April.{{sfn|Male|1982|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-cYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA62 62]}} The assassin was never caught, but [[Anahita Ratebzad]], a Parchamite, believed that Amin had ordered the assassination.{{sfn|Male|1982|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-cYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA58 58]}} Khyber's funeral evolved into a large anti-government demonstration. Daoud, who did not understand the significance of the events, began a mass arrest of PDPA members seven days after Khyber's funeral. Amin, who organised the subsequent revolution against Daoud, was one of the last Central Committee members to be arrested by the authorities. His late arrest can be considered as proof of the regime's lack of information; Amin was the leading revolutionary party organiser. The government's lack of awareness was proven by the arrest of Taraki – Taraki's arrest was the pre-arranged signal for the revolution to commence.{{sfn|Male|1982|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-cYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA62 62]}} When Amin found out that Taraki had been arrested, he ordered the revolution to begin at 9&nbsp;am on 27 April. Amin, in contrast to Taraki, was not imprisoned, but instead put under [[house arrest]]. His son, Abdur Rahman, was still allowed freedom of movement. The revolution was successful, thanks to overwhelming support from the Afghan military; for instance, it was supported by Defence Minister [[Ghulam Haidar Rasuli]], [[Aslam Watanjar]] the commander of the ground forces, and the Chief of Staff of the [[Afghan Air Force]], [[Abdul Qadir (Afghan communist)|Abdul Qadir]].{{sfn|Male|1982|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-cYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA63 63]}}