Word: afghanistan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make up for lost time. Within moments of returning to Moscow from seven years of "internal exile" in the city of Gorky, Sakharov spoke out on precisely the issues that landed him in Gorky in January 1980. Asked by reporters to comment on Moscow's continuing intervention in Afghanistan, Sakharov responded, "I consider this the most painful part of our foreign policy." The frail nuclear physicist also tackled human rights. "It is impermissible for our country to have prisoners of conscience and people who suffer for their convictions," he said. "I will do everything within my power to have this...
...people as a result of his relentless campaign for human rights and disarmament. In 1975 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize but was not allowed to go to Oslo to receive it. In January 1980 he was arrested by the KGB after criticizing the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He was then flown to exile in Gorky, where, despite a steady flow of criticism from the West, he has remained ever since...
...Harvard is examining the possibility of bringing about a negotiated settlement for Afghanistan? About how the historical landmarks can be defended and the Afghan archives saved? Or what will be the effects of the war on the Afghan women's situation...
Harvard's rich human resources should be applied to concrete steps to end the destruction and bring about refief to the Afghans. Harvard should definitely bother about Afghanistan...
Katarina Enberg is a fellow at the Center for International Affairs. She is the program director at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and a foreign correspondent for the Swedish daily newspaper Aftonbladet. She is on the board of trustees for the Swedish-Afghanistan Committee...