1976 in Afghanistan

none February 2024 __NOTOC__ 1976 Afghanistan Template:Year in Afghanistan Flag of Afghanistan (1974–1978).svg 90px Other events of 1976List of years in Afghanistan The following lists events that happened during 1976 in Afghanistan. President Daud Khan pursues schemes of economic development and agricultural improvements with substantial aid from China, the U.S.S.R., Iran, and Kuwait, partly in the form of long-term loans and partly in technical aid. Incumbents President: Mohammed Daoud Khan Events Afghanistan and the Soviet Union signed a 5-year trade agreement to improve Soviet–Afghan trade by 50% in 1980.Relations United States Congress House Committee on International Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on International Relations 1977 U.S. Government Printing Office 129 https://books.google.com/books?id=Us81AAAAIAAJ 22 February 2024 en Henry Kissinger visits Afghanistan. He was the last US Secretary of State to visit the country until 2002 which is when Colin Powell visited the country.Decontaminate Afghanistan Of Terrorists, Powell Says. https://books.google.com/books?id=LqQ_AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6 22 February 2024 The Mount Airy News 18 January 2002 en March 1976 Afghanistan launches its 7 year development planAfghanistan Planning Development https://books.google.com/books?id=bxcsAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA44 22 February 2024 Times Daily 12 July 1977 en April 1976 Floods and earthquakes devastate the provinces of Herat, Helmand, and Kandahar. Pakistan sends a message of sympathy and contributes substantially to relief operations, indicating a marked relaxation of the previously mounting tension between the two countries, largely due to persuasion by Pres. Nikolai Podgorny of the Soviet Union and the Shah of Iran. By mutual consent, both countries refrain from hostile propaganda. June 7–11, 1976 Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan visits Kabul. There, both countries undertake to follow principles of respect for territorial integrity and noninterference in internal affairs set forth by the 1955 Bandung Conference of Asian and African nations. August 20–24, 1976 Daud Khan pays a return visit to Islamabad. He and Bhutto reach tentative agreement on a solution to the Pashtunistan problem. End of November 1976 An attempted coup, instigated by discontented retired officers and led by a retired general, Mir Ahmad Shah, is discovered and some 50 persons are arrested. References 1976 Afghanistan Category:Years of the 20th century in Afghanistan Afghanistan Category:1970s in Afghanistan