Original sentence: Shafiq was prime Minister for seven months
Edited sentence: Following the brutal take over by the communists in 1978, the former Prime Minister of Afghanistan was arrested and mercilessly murdered.He was a brilliant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister who was put under house arrest following the coup d'etat of Daoud Khan and proclamation of Afghanistan as a Republic.He was undeniably a man who could have played a positive and perhaps even significant role in bringing the shattered Afghan Resistance against the communist regime and their Soviet protectors together.Shafiq was Prime Minister for seven months.Shafiq was kept under surveillance during Daoud Khan's regime and prevented from moving abroad