1986 in Afghanistan resigns from the largely ceremonial post of president of the Revolutionary Council. He is succeeded on November 24 by Haji Mohammad Chamkani, formerly first vice-president and a non-PDPA member. An extraordinary plenum of the PDPA Central Committee approves a policy of national reconciliation, involving negotiations with opposition groups, and the proposed formation of a coalition government of national unity. A cabinet reshuffle sees the elevation of Najibullah supporters Abdul Wakil and Mohammad Rafi to the posts of foreign minister and defense minister, respectively. Najibullah visits the U.S.S.R. to discuss prospects for ending the conflict in Afghanistan. 1986 in Afghanistan The
George Gwilt the younger September 1800 at All Saints Church, Isleworth [TW7 6BE]. Mary Ann's stepfather was John Busch [1730-1795] the landscape architect. George and Mary Ann had three sons. The two eldest, George and Charles Edwin, were promising architects, but both died young. The latter contributed a paper on some antiquities of Southwark to the "Archæologia" (xxv. 604). They also had five daughters. The third daughter Hannah [1807-1893] took a keen interest in astronomy and is the donor of the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. The second daughter Sarah's younger son Edward Haldane Cotsworth [1832-1892] was an early Australian photographer. The