1957 in Afghanistan

none February 2024 __NOTOC__ 1957 The following lists events that happened during 1957 in Afghanistan. Incumbents Monarch – Mohammed Zahir Shah Prime Minister – Mohammed Daoud Khan April and May 1957 Mohammad Daud visits Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Turkey, and Egypt. January 19–23, 1957 Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai visits Afghanistan.Yunas S. Fida Afghanistan: The Peshawar Sardars' branch of Barakzais 2002 533 https://books.google.com/books?id=qC1WAAAAYAAJ 26 February 2024 en June 8–11, 1957 H.S. Suhrawardi, the Prime Minister of Pakistan,Afghanistan 1957 Historical Society of Afghanistan. 29 https://books.google.com/books?id=LBzjAAAAMAAJ 26 February 2024 en visits Kabul and, as a result of his conversation with Mohammad Daud, the two governments agree to restore full diplomatic relations between the two countries. July 17–31, 1957 King Mohammad Zahir Shah, accompanied by Mohammad Naim, Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs (he is also a cousin of the king and his brother-in-law), pays a state visit to the U.S.S.R. After a few days in Moscow, the king tours the Soviet Union. On his return to Moscow he and Kliment Voroshilov, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, sign on July 30 a joint communiqué emphasizing the desire of their governments "to develop and promote the welfare of their countries"; the king explains to the Soviet statesmen "the neutral policy of Afghanistan" and the two parties affirm that "the principle of peaceful coexistence between all the nations" is in tune with the principles of the UN Charter. A statement is issued on July 31 that Soviet technicians will assist Afghanistan in prospecting for oil in the Maiman and Mazar-i-Sharif areas, near the Soviet frontier. On August 31 Mohammad Naim announces at Kabul that Afghanistan will receive about $25,000,000 worth of Soviet military material. August 26, 1957 King Mohammad Zahir arrives in Turkey for a 15-day official visit. Autumn 1957 Mohammad Daud Khan, the prime minister, pays a visit to Burma and to the People's Republic of China where, on October 25, Mao Zedong gives a banquet to honour the representative of a nation "that valiantly resisted colonialism." References 1957 Afghanistan Category:Years of the 20th century in Afghanistan Afghanistan Category:1950s in Afghanistan