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...issue with some form of coalition between the ruling Afghan Communists and the mujahedin, but neither Afghan party likes the idea. Most mujahedin leaders reject outright any suggestion of sharing power with the Afghan Communists, who will be powerless without their Soviet backers. U.S. Under Secretary of State Michael Armacost raised the issue with rebel leaders last week in Islamabad but made no headway. Said Sayed Ahmed Gilani, chief of the National Islamic Front for Afghanistan: "We told Mr. Armacost that the future government in Kabul will be 100% Afghan, without any Communist...
Washington dispatched Under Secretary of State Michael Armacost to Islamabad for weekend talks with Pakistani leaders on ending the war. Washington and Islamabad will then present their views to the Soviets when United Nations- sponsored peace talks resume in Geneva, probably in February. While the U.S. and the Soviets both hope that the round will be the last, each side is holding to its position. The White House wants Moscow to withdraw completely in less than a year; the Soviets say they will do so only after the U.S. and other countries stop aiding the rebels...
...officials responded cautiously. "If they indicate a reasonable time frame for getting out, then there are perhaps ways in which we can help," said Michael Armacost, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. U.S. negotiators fear, however, that a deal will falter because of two Soviet preconditions for withdrawal: the formation of an interim government that includes Najibullah's People's Democratic Party, and the end of U.S., Chinese and other foreign military support of the rebel mujahedin. U.S. aid alone has been estimated at $600 million a year...
Yesterday was devoted to two discussions of regional issues between Vorontsov, who is the first deputy Soviet foreign minister, and Michael Armacost, U.S. assistant secretary of state...
...American source would not give details. He said Kampelman and Armacost planned to return to Washington on Wednesday and would not hold a news conference in Geneva...