Word: afghanistan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...delay, unconfirmed by the White House, might not be a gambit at all. But news of the delay spilled to the public at a time when the superpowers seemed to have reached an impasse in pre-summit talks. The U.S. wants to discuss "regional issues," like Soviet policy toward Afghanistan, Central America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, at a Reagan- Gorbachev meeting. The Soviets say they do not want a summit without some guarantee of progress on arms control. As the two sides emerged from private talks last week aimed at laying the groundwork for a summit, they appeared...
Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev was full of promises last week. At a speech in Vladivostok, he pledged to withdraw six Soviet regiments, amounting to some 8,000 troops, from Afghanistan by the end of the year. He cited his offer as proof that Moscow is "striving to speed political settlement" in the torn country, which the Soviets invaded...
...after reading the fine print in Gorbachev's offer, Western military analysts pooh-poohed it. Noting that three of the six regiments were antiaircraft units, they pointed out that Afghanistan's mujahedin resistance fighters lack an air force. Gorbachev's list also included an armored regiment not suited for the mountainous terrain where most of the fighting is taking place. In Islamabad, Resistance Leader Sibghatullah Mujaddadi asked, "How many years will it take for the withdrawal of all the 120,000 Soviet troops if pullback of 8,000 is going to take six months...
...These cultural exchanges have no politicalvalue," said Richard Pipes, Baird Professor ofHistory. "They always try to put themselvesforward as a peaceful nation, and this createsgood will, but it will have no effect on theirconduct. Russian art is very nice, but Russia isstill in Afghanistan, they still keep Sakharov...
...arranging to give Pakistan a six-year, $4 billion military and economic aid package with no drug-strings attached. President Reagan had other serious matters to discuss with Junejo: Pakistan's reputed effort to produce nuclear weapons (which Junejo denied) and Pakistan's support for mujahedin rebels in Afghanistan. On narcotics, the Administration and Junejo managed nothing better than statements of concern...