This was the time when Afghanistan completely regain control over its sovereignty. Especially, the Hazara people who are still considered second-class citizens. After the fall of monarchy in 1973, Mohammed Daoud Khan, a staunch partisan of Pashtunistan, who saw the country not as Afghanistan but a Pashtunistan, a land uniting Pashtuns from NWFP and FATA with Afghanistan.
This period witnessed Afghanistan regaining full sovereignty, particularly for the Hazara people who are still considered second-class citizens. Following the monarchy's fall in 1973, Mohammed Daoud Khan, a staunch supporter of Pashtunistan, viewed Afghanistan as a land uniting Pashtuns from NWFP and FATA with Afghanistan.