The World - News from May 7, 1986
Soviet commanders moved hundreds of troops into Kabul, surrounded key government buildings and disarmed Afghan army units before President Babrak Karmal was replaced as leader of Afghanistan’s Communist Party, Western diplomats said in Islamabad, Pakistan. According to the diplomats, pro-Karmal demonstrations were dispersed and tanks stood on hilltops with their guns trained on the city. The Soviet-backed Afghan government has announced that Karmal has resigned and was replaced by security chief Najibullah.
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