Nur Muhammad Taraki (1913? - 1979) was an Afghanpolitical figure amateur poet, and publicly-notorious revolutionary. He served as the head of state of Afghanistan from 1978 until he was overthrown in 1979, and assassinated by being smothered with a pillow by unknown assailants, presumably from rival factions in the then-ruling People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan.
Taraki was elected to Parliament in 1965, and started one of the first major leftist newspaper, Khalq (Masses), which lasted little more than a month before being silenced by a government ban.
Taraki as president of Afghanistan attended a conference of the Non-Aligned nations in Havana, Cuba.
Taraki's death was first noted in the New Kabul Times on October 10, which reported that the former leader only recently hailed as the "great teacher...
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