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Karmal

American  
[kahr-mahl] / kɑrˈmɑl /

noun

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


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Three days after he returned from Moscow, their suspicions proved correct: Radio Kabul announced that Karmal was stepping down to assume the ceremonial position of President.

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According to some experts on Afghanistan, that may be a functional necessity: the Cabinet of President Babrak Karmal is as riddled with feuds as the rebel groups are.

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

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They are there at the invitation of the Karmal regime.

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Brezhnev would do nothing to stop this slaughter�and Karmal, who was already disgruntled, began to bear a bitter grudge against the Soviet Union.

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