Word: haq
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...according to Western intelligence reports, Soviet bombers were attacking targets near Herat in the west and around Kandahar in the south. They apparently hope that by demolishing villages they can devastate local agriculture and drive the residents from areas that might otherwise lend support to the insurgents. As Abdul Haq, a guerrilla commander interviewed in Pakistan, points out, "Every kind of supply for the mujahedin [warriors] comes from the civilian population. It makes trouble when the villages are empty...
...northern Pakistani city of Peshawar, which serves as headquarters for the Afghan rebels, was rife with rumors last week that some kind of deal was about to be worked out between the Soviet-installed regime of Afghan President Babrak Karmal and the government of Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. Diplomats from the two countries, have been meeting in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations in an attempt to negotiate an agreement, but the rebels are opposed to the talks on the grounds that they are not represented...
Some of the most important business took place behind the scenes. Mrs. Gandhi and Pakistani President Mohammed Ziaul-Haq, whose countries have fought three wars over the past 35 years, signed a five-year agreement on economic, scientific and cultural cooperation. Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, informed Lebanese President Amin Gemayel that he would pull his forces out of Lebanon whenever the Lebanese government requested it. (Previously, the P.L.O. had said it would withdraw only when Syrian forces did.) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met with Jordan's King Hussein and Arafat, who had ostracized Egypt when...
...American urging, Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq has cracked down on the narcotics industry in his country. Officials of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Washington, which works closely with the Pakistanis, estimate that their joint efforts have stopped only about 10% of the traffic out of the area. But they feel that Pakistan is serious about fighting heroin production. Last year about 2,000 kilos of heroin were seized in the country, and they hope for an even better showing this year...
Pakistan's President Zia ul-Haq, whose accomplishments outshine those of any other world leader...