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Babrak Karmal: Flag of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan during Babrak Karmal's rule. The flag was changed in order to reflect a more "Islamic" and popular design, restoring the historical colors that the was common in previous flags.
 
 

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Name: Babrak Karmal
Birth Date: January 6, 1929
Death Date: 1996
Place of Birth: Kabul, Afghanistan
Place of Death: Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Afghan
Gender: Male
Occupations: ruler, political activist

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Biography of Babrak Karmal
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A leading Afghan Marxist, Babrak Karmal (1929-1996) became Russian puppet ruler of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan after the Russian invasion in December 1979 until his resignation "because of ill health" on May 4, 1986. Babrak Karmal (roughly...


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Babrak Karmal (January 6, 1929 - December 3, 1996) was the third President of Afghanistan (1979 - 1986) during the period of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. He is the best known of the Marxist leadership. Having been restored to power...


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The Independent - London
Obituary: Babrak Karmal
12/06/1996: 786 words, approx. 3 pages
In the catalogue of betrayal that makes up the history of Afghanistan, Babrak Karmal will always be condemned as the man put in power by the Soviet invasion of 1979. According to KGB defectors he had been recruited as an agent many years earlier;...
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The Washington Post
Ex-Afghan Communist Leader Babrak Karmal Dies at Age 67
12/06/1996: 2,880 words, approx. 10 pages
Former Afghan communist leader Babrak Karmal, 67, who personified the Kremlin's ill-fated nine-year intervention in Afghanistan, died Dec. 3 of liver cancer in oblivion in a Moscow hospital. The Kremlin installed Mr. Karmal in power in December 1979, after its troops invaded Afghanistan...
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Today in History - Dec. 27
12/27/2008: 557 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Saturday, Dec. 27, the 362nd day of 2008. There are four days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 27, 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splashdown in the Pacific.On this date:In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set...
 


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