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...week, "it is capable of defending our borders against any aggression." That bravado is not necessarily shared by Pakistani military commanders stationed along the country's 800-mile frontier with Afghanistan. An entirely different assessment was given visiting British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington last week by Lieut. General Fazal e-Haq, commander of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier. Pointing across the legendary Khyber Pass toward Kabul, Fazal said that the occupying Soviet armies would be able to strike across the border "with impunity...
...general also said that President Fazal Elahi Chaudhry would continue as head of state, the 1973 constitution would remain in force, and he himself would serve as martial-law administrator. The chief justices of the high courts in the four provinces, he added, had agreed to serve as provincial governors. Zia's announcement brought a round of cheers even from opposition politicians. They assumed that the military takeover would increase their chances of winning the elections...
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