Kamal worked as the Aide-de-Camp (ADC) of General Osmani the Commander-in-Chief of the Mukti Bahini, during the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

After independence, he left the military at the rank of captain to return to Dhaka University, where he graduated with honors in sociology.

[5] Kamal, an avid sportsman, founded Abahani Limited Dhaka in 1972,[1] a popular sporting club in Bangladesh.

Near the end of 1973, Bangladeshi security forces received intelligence that the left-wing revolutionary activist Siraj Sikder and his insurgents were going to launch coordinated attacks around Dhaka.

[citation needed] Police and other security officers were on full alert and patrolling the streets of Dhaka in plainclothes.

It is claimed that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman personally ordered Shariful Haque Dalim and his wife to be released and mediated a compromise between the concerned parties.