Word: kabul
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Burhanuddin Rabbani, 48, heads the Jamiat-i-Islami (Islamic League), militarily the strongest Afghan party. A former theology professor at Kabul University, Rabbani has fought against Afghan governments since 1970. Rabbani's main weakness: his political strength lies with the Tajik and Uzbek ethnic groups in a country that has traditionally been ruled by Pashtuns...
...President's fear was evident as the regime summoned the 30,000 members of the ruling People's Democratic Party who have been newly armed with automatic rifles and are intended to serve as the core of a neighborhood militia for the defense of the capital city of Kabul. Only 6,000 party stalwarts turned out for the rally, and all of them had to undergo body searches by security forces...
...more likely strategy, if the rebels do not divide and self-destruct, is a slow and steady strangulation of the major cities. "We want to collapse the city from within," explains Abdul Haq, a powerful commander whose men are positioned around Kabul. Key targets include the shutdown of airports, the closure of the government's arms pipeline and the cutting of the Salang Highway, the 264-mile road that stretches from Kabul into Soviet territory...
Heavy fighting and rebel attacks on food convoys have made many of the roads virtually impassable, giving rise to deepening food and fuel shortages. Last week when the United Nations attempted an emergency airlift of food, medicine and blankets to Kabul, the effort was temporarily stalled because crew members of the EgyptAir cargo plane feared rebel attacks. Two days later, however, Ethiopian Airlines delivered the first supplies from...
...face-saving Soviet diplomacy fails and the mujahedin squabble, the Kabul regime prepares for the final siege and Washington ponders its next move. | -- The Chemical Connection: why the South American coke trade is a two-way street. -- Steering a new course, former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley is returned to power...