Please answer the following question: Read the bio below and try to give details on nur muhammad taraki 's: - name - profession Bio: nur muhammad taraki -lrb- 15 july 1917 -- 14 september 1979 -rrb- was an afghan politician and statesman during the cold war . taraki was born near kabul and educated at kabul university , after which he started his political career as a journalist . he later became one of the founding members of the people 's democratic party of afghanistan -lrb- pdpa -rrb- and was elected as the party 's general secretary at its first congress . he ran as a candidate in the 1965 afghan parliamentary election but failed to secure himself a seat . in 1966 he published the first issue of '' khalq '' , a party newspaper , but it was closed down shortly afterwards by the afghan government . the assassination of mir akbar khyber led taraki , along with hafizullah amin -lrb- the organiser of the revolution -rrb- and babrak karmal , to initiate the saur revolution and establish the communist democratic republic of afghanistan . the presidency of taraki , albeit short-lived , was always marked by controversies . taraki launched a land reform on 1 january 1979 which proved to be highly unpopular and , along with his government 's other reforms , led to a popular backlash which initiated the afghan civil war . despite repeated attempts throughout his reign , taraki proved unable to persuade the soviet union to intervene in support of the restoration of civil order . at the beginning of his rule , the government was divided between two pdpa factions : the khalqists -lrb- which taraki was the leader of -rrb- , the majority , and the parchamites , the minority . in 1978 , shortly after his rule began , taraki started a purge of the government and party which led to several high-ranking parchamite members being sent into de facto exile by being assigned to serve overseas as ambassadors . his reign was marked by a cult of personality centered on himself that had been cultivated by amin . his relationship with amin turned sour during his rule , ultimately resulting in taraki 's murder on 14 september 1979 , upon amin 's orders .
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- name is nur muhammad taraki- profession is politician , journalist , writer