From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1956 in Afghanistan
1956 in Afghanistan
See also: 1955 in Afghanistan, other events of 1956, and
1957 in Afghanistan.
March 21–22, 1956
On his way to India, Anastas Mikoyan stays in Kabul.
January 27, 1956
King Zahir approves the new cabinet still headed by Mo-
July 1956
hammad Daud Khan, a king’s cousin, who also holds the Adnan Menderes, the Turkish prime minister, pays a five-
portfolio of defense; Naim Khan, another king’s cousin, day visit to Afghanistan.
continues as foreign minister and second deputy premi-
er; Ali Mohammad Khan becomes first deputy premier.
Daud has thus finally succeeded in ousting from the gov-
August 1956
ernment the supporters of Gen. Mohammad Arif, minis- Maj.Gen. Iskandar Mirza, the president of Pakistan, stays
ter of defense, who was dismissed and put under arrest at four days in the Afghan capital. It is believed that both
the beginning of December 1955. At the same time more Menderes and Mirza discussed at Kabul the possibility of
than 70 other persons, both army officers and civilians, Afghanistan’s joining the Baghdad Pact, the problems of
were also arrested. the Pathan or Pakhtu tribesmen, and their aspiration for
a "Pakhtunistan" state.
January 28, 1956
A joint Soviet-Afghan statement says that the U.S.S.R.
November 1956
will ensure delivery of "equipment and materials" on ac- Mohammad Daud, the Afghan prime minister, visits
count of the $100,000,000 credit granted in December Karachi, Pakistan. No mention is made thereafter in
1955, and will also grant "other services connected with Afghan official statements of the "Pakhtunistan" ques-
technical assistance in building certain installations" in tion, that is, Afghan plans to create a separate state for
many branches of Afghan economy. According to Pak- Pakhtu-speaking peoples in Pakistan.
istani sources, $40,000,000 of the Soviet credits is ear-
marked for arms from the U.S.S.R. and Czechoslovakia
and $60,000,000 for building airports and roads.
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