title: Afghanistan during the reign of Babrak Karmal (1979-1986)
abstract: The article tells about the B. Karmal’ origin, his active participation in Marxist political activity and revolutionary activity in his student years, for which he was repeatedly convicted and imprisoned, and with his associates began to form a communist political party. It is known that B. Karmal, who was actively engaged in political activities, took an active part in the formation of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) in 1965, and in 1967 he separated from it and headed the P
journal: Journal of history