Mir Akbar Khyber | |
|---|---|
| مير اکبر خيبر | |
| Editor of the Parcham | |
| In office 1968–1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 11, 1925 Logar, Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Died | 17 April 1978 (aged 53) Kabul, Republic of Afghanistan |
| Political party | People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan-Parcham |
Mir Akbar Khyber[a][b] (January 11, 1925 – April 17, 1978) was an Afghan left-wing intellectual and a leader of the Parcham faction of People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). His assassination by an unidentified person or people led to the overthrow of Mohammed Daoud Khan's republic, and to the advent of a socialist regime in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
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