Word: dominos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last week, as the Soviet invasion of neighboring Afghanistan swelled the Afghan refugee population in Pakistan to 400,000 or more, the Carter Administration was suddenly searching for ways to prop up this tottering domino of Southwest Asia. Nobody in Washington predicted that Pakistan faced the immediate threat of an all-out invasion, although the possibility that Soviet troops might cross the border in hot pursuit of the Afghan rebels could not be ruled out. Some Washington contingency planners feared that the Soviets might use their new base in Afghanistan to encourage unrest among the Pushtun and Baluch peoples...