What faction of the PDPA was Babrak Karmal the leader of?
Parcham
Khalq
Hekmatyar
Dostum
Answer
Babrak Karmal was the leader of the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). The Parcham faction was founded in 1965 by Karmal and other members of the PDPA who were opposed to the more radical policies of the Khalq faction. The Parcham faction advocated a more gradual approach to socialism and favored closer ties with the Soviet Union.
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