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Karmal

American  
[kahr-mahl] / kɑrˈmɑl /

noun

  1. Babrak 1929–1996, Afghan political leader: president 1979–86.


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Like his predecessors, Karmal is proving somewhat truculent in his dealings with Moscow.

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Earlier, Karmal had been located in Europe and brought to Moscow.

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Unlike Karmal, who is a member of the small, Dari-speaking elite, Najibullah has the advantage of belonging to the country's dominant Pushtu tribe.

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Soviet troops invaded in December 1979 in order to replace one Communist leader, Hafizullah Amin, with Babrak Karmal, another Communist but one more amenable to Soviet thinking on many issues.

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In Kabul, the Soviet-imposed government of President Babrak Karmal tried to project an image of legitimacy.

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