The Republic of Afghanistan (Dari: جمهوری افغانستان‎  Jǝmhūri Afġānistān  Pashto: د افغانستان جمهوریت‎  Dǝ Afġānistān Jumhūriyat) was the name of the first Afghan republic  created in 1973 after Mohammed Daoud Khan deposed his cousin  King Mohammad Zahir Shah  in a non-violent coup