page_title: Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy
hierarchical_section_title: Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy
caption_attribution_description: English: “Afghan ambassador grants an Order of Glory of the Republic of Afghanistan to A. Sekretaryov's family”. Afghan ambassador granting an Order of Glory of the Republic of Afghanistan to the family of Izvestia news paper correspondent Alexander Sekretaryov, who died on duty in Afghanistan. Centre - ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in the USSR Sayid Mahammad Gulyabzoi. Русский: «Вручение ордена Славы Республики Афганистан семье А. Ф. Секретарева». Вручение ордена Славы Республики Афганистан семье фотокорреспондента газеты "Известия" Александра Фроловича Секретарева, погибшего в Афганистане при исполнении служебного долга. В центре - Чрезвычайный и Полномочный посол Демократической Республики Афганистан СССР Саид Махаммад Гулябзой. Россия, Москва
context_page_description: Major General Sayed Muhammad Gulabzoi is an Afghan politician.
  An ethnic Pashtun from the Zadran tribe, Gulabzoi was born in Paktia Province. An Air Force mechanic by training, he studied at the Air Force college. As an air force officer, he supported Daoud Khan's 1973 coup d'état which overthrew King Zahir Shah, for which he was rewarded with the position of Aide to the Air Force Commander. In 1976, he went to the Soviet Union to study radar technology.
  He was recruited into the Khalq faction of the communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan by Hafizullah Amin. He held only a minor role in the Saur Revolution of 1978, which brought the PDPA to power. Following the coup, he was appointed aide to President Nur Muhammad Taraki, and later Minister of Communications. As internal struggles grew within the communist regime, he distanced himself from Amin, and joined a group of officers plotting against Amin, which also included Aslam Watanjar and Assadullah Sarwari. When their coup failed, the conspirators took refuge in the Soviet embassy on September 14, 1979.
context_section_description: Major General Sayed Muhammad Gulabzoi (born 1951) is an Afghan politician.
  An ethnic Pashtun from the Zadran tribe, Gulabzoi was born in Paktia Province. An Air Force mechanic by training, he studied at the Air Force college. As an air force officer, he supported Daoud Khan's 1973 coup d'état which overthrew King Zahir Shah, for which he was rewarded with the position of Aide to the Air Force Commander. In 1976, he went to the Soviet Union to study radar technology.
  He was recruited into the Khalq faction of the communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan by Hafizullah Amin. He held only a minor role in the Saur Revolution of 1978, which brought the PDPA to power. Following the coup, he was appointed aide to President Nur Muhammad Taraki, and later Minister of Communications. As internal struggles grew within the communist regime, he distanced himself from Amin, and joined a group of officers(the "gang of four") plotting against Amin, which also included Aslam Watanjar and Assadullah Sarwari. When their coup failed, the conspirators took refuge in the Soviet embassy on September 14, 1979. In December 1979, Gulabzoi and his allies assisted the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by serving as guides to the invading Soviet troops.
  During the invasion, Soviet forces killed Amin and installed Parcham leader Babrak Karmal in power. Karmal was forced to compose with the rival Khalq faction, as many key posts in the military were still occupied by Khalqis. As a conciliatory measure, Gulabzoi, a prominent Khalqi, was appointed Minister of Interior. As such he was placed in command of the Sarandoy ("Defenders of the Revolution"), a heavily armed paramilitary gendarmerie force.
  In November 1988, amid renewed tensions between Khalq and Parcham, he was removed from his post and sent to Moscow as ambassador by Parchami president Mohammad Najibullah. He concurrently served as DRA ambassador to Romania and Finland. He was rumoured to have proposed himself to the Soviets as a potential replacement for Najibullah. In March 1990, following an unsuccessful coup attempt by General Shahnawaz Tanai, Gulabzoi was expelled from the party, along with other Khalqis. From 1990 to 1992 he lived in Armenia, before relocating to Moscow.
  In 2005 he was elected to represent Khost Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature.
  He holds Master's degrees in Law and Military Science, and sat on the Internal Security Committee.
caption: Gulabzoi (centre) leading an Afghan delegation to the Soviet Union
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