Karmal in a sentence

During Karmal's March 1986 visit to the Soviet Union, the Soviets tried to persuade Karmal that he was too ill to govern, and that he should resign.sfn This backfired, as a Soviet doctor attending to Karmal told him he was in good health.

Karmal’s request placed Czechoslovak authorities in an awkward position.

On December 27, 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and installed Karmal as the new president.

After Kryuchkov left the room, the Afghan defence minister and the state security minister visited Karmal's office, telling him that he had to resign from one of his posts.

Amin had attracted many enemies during his career, the most notable being Karmal.

A Soviet-organized government, led by Parcham's Babrak Karmal but inclusive of both factions, filled the vacuum.

During his ascension to power, several Afghan politicians did not want Najibullah to succeed Babrak Karmal because of the fact that Najibullah was known for exploiting his powers for his own benefit.

For the next few days Karmal lived in a villa on the outskirts of Kabul under the protection of the KGB.

From 1961 to 1963 he worked in the Ministry of Planning.sfn When his mother died, Karmal left with his maternal aunt to live somewhere else.

Haider Ali Karmal Jaghori was a prominent political thinker of the Hazara people in Pakistan, writing about the political history of Hazara people.

It began in January 1981, as Karmal doubled wages for military personnel, issued several promotions, and decorated one general and thirteen colonels.

Karmal, fearing for his safety, went into hiding in one of his Soviet friends' homes.

Karmal reintroduced the old Afghan custom of having an Islamic invocation every time the government issued a proclamation.

Karmal's apartment became a center for opposition to Najibullah's government.

Karmal's influence over Dostum appeared indirect – some of his former associates supported Dostum.

Karmal was exiled, but was able to establish a network with the remaining Parchamites in government.

Karmal was promoted to Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and Chairman of the Council of Ministers on 27 December 1979.

Karmal went as far as to spread rumours that Najibullah's rule was little more than an interregnum, and that he would soon be reappointed to the general secretaryship.

Many still remembered that Karmal had said he would protect private capital in 1978, a promise later proven to be a lie.sfn When a political solution failed, the Afghan government and the Soviet military decided to solve the conflict militarily.

Normal patterns of economic activity were disrupted. citation The Gross national product (GNP) fell substantially during Karmal's rule because of the conflict; trade and transport was disrupted with loss of labor and capital.