Afghanistan’s former communist president, Babrak Karmal, lived in hiding for nearly a year in Czechoslovakia. He and his family were hidden for several months in a remote hunting lodge near the Czech village of Sindelova.
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Karmal in Czechoslovakia in 1981.
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The entrance to the Czech village of Sindelova, where Karmal and his family stayed, located near the border with Germany.
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The Favorit Chateau and the hunting lodge outside of Sindelova in October 2019
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The lodge and the chateau are currently private property and guarded.
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The hunting lodge in 1978-79
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Karmal and Czechoslovak officials outside the hunting lodge in 1978 or 1979
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The Favorit Chateau in 1978-79
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The surrounding forests near Sindelova in 1978-79
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A lake near the hunting lodge
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A shooting range near the hunting lodge
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An old wooden church next to the Favorit Chateau