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Karmal, Babrak
1929 - Born on the 6th of January.
1951 - He was an indifferent student in high school and in the law school of Kabul University, quickly gained a reputation as an orator and activist in the university’s student union.
1965 - On the 1st of January, the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was founded in Kabul, with Karmal serving as one of its twenty-eight founding members in its founding congress.
- He was elected and served in the quasi-democratic National Assembly of Afghanistan during the Constitutional Monarchy of King Zahir Shah.
1967 - Karmal became the leader of the more moderate Parcham faction.
1978 - Afghan ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
1979 - The third President of Afghanistan.
- Prime minister of Afghanistan.
1986 - He was unable to consolidate his power, he was replaced by Dr. Mohammad Najibullah.
1989 - He left Afghanistan for Moscow, but returned to Kabul.
1996 - Died in Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital from liver cancer on the 3rd of December.
1951 - He was an indifferent student in high school and in the law school of Kabul University, quickly gained a reputation as an orator and activist in the university’s student union.
1965 - On the 1st of January, the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was founded in Kabul, with Karmal serving as one of its twenty-eight founding members in its founding congress.
- He was elected and served in the quasi-democratic National Assembly of Afghanistan during the Constitutional Monarchy of King Zahir Shah.
1967 - Karmal became the leader of the more moderate Parcham faction.
1978 - Afghan ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
1979 - The third President of Afghanistan.
- Prime minister of Afghanistan.
1986 - He was unable to consolidate his power, he was replaced by Dr. Mohammad Najibullah.
1989 - He left Afghanistan for Moscow, but returned to Kabul.
1996 - Died in Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital from liver cancer on the 3rd of December.
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Excerpts of interviews and speeches on foreign policy of the DRA delivered by Babrak Karmal, general secretary of the Central Committee of the PDPA and ... of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan by Babrak Karmal (Unknown Binding - Jul 26, 1981) |
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Babrak Karmal's interview granted to a group of foreign journalists, Kabul, Jan., 1986 by Babrak Karmal (Unknown Binding - Jul 26, 1986) |
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Babrak Karmal greets Afghan nation, Jadi 6, 1358 (Dec. 27, 1979): Karmal's speech on the occasion of 15th anniversary of united PDPA, Jadi 11, 1358 (January, 1980) by Babrak Karmal (Unknown Binding - Jul 26, 1980) |
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Babrak Karmals̓ speech, other documents by Babrak Karmal (Unknown Binding - Jul 26, 1983) |
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Karmal's press interview with foreign jounalists, Jan 23, 1980 (Dalwa 3, 1358) by Babrak Karmal (Unknown Binding - Jul 26, 1980) |
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Islam in Kabul: The religious politics of Babrak Karmal by Chantal Lobato (Unknown Binding - Jul 26, 1986) |
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