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| | Afghan President is Ousted and Executed in Kabul Coup, Reportedly with Soviet Help |
 | | Karmal was the leader of the Parcham branch of the People's Democratic Party, which was behind the overthrow of President Mohammad Daud in April 1978. |
 | | Karmal, during his stay in Czechoslovakia, was reportedly summoned home to face charges of plotting a coup but he stayed on in Eastern Europe, according to State Department officials. |
 | | Karmal's statement: "Today is the breaking of the machine of torture of Amin and his henchmen, wild butchers, usurpers and murderers of tens of thousands of our countrymen, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters, children and old people." |
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