President Daoud Khan | Afghanistan: The Wounded Land - Part 1: Kingdom | Doc World

When King Mohammed Zahir Shah was overthrown in a 1973 coup, the opposition’s leader, Mohammed Daoud Khan, took over. But his leadership was unstable, and the resulting political turmoil eventually prompted intervention by the Soviet Union. Watch the revolution that sparked decades of unrest in KINGDOM, premiering 7/10 on Doc World.
Narrated by author Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner), AFGHANISTAN: THE WOUNDED LAND looks at six decades of Afghan history through the eyes of warriors and civilians, men and women. Their memories of the Golden Age, Soviet occupation, Taliban regime, and 9/11 open new perspectives into the once peaceful Afghanistan, its people and its destiny. The four-part documentary grants new insight into what went tragically wrong in the past...and what future is being hoped for.
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