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Although there had been growing discontent over government inertia and corruption in recent months, the takeover came as a surprise to most in Kabul. The coup was launched during the night. Army units moved through the capital and surrounded the palace, the airport and other key buildings. According to reliable reports, several officers loyal to the King were executed...
...KABUL: Caravans traveling between Afghanistan and Pakistan "commonly carry up to 1,200 pounds of opium at a time...
...rally to support a boycott of GM drew about 50 people to the steps of Mem Church. A man in Sao Paolo, Brazil, began serving a prison term for biting his pet dog to death. The national government of Tannu Tuva dissolved itself sine die. The City Fathers of Kabul, Afghanistan, appropriated 500 coppers to build two cupolas with minarets. And at his dacha in the Ukraine, Nikita S. Krushchev passed a quiet afternoon, cursing his luck...
...next day the Vice President stressed self-help to Afghanistan's Premier Nur Ahmed Etemadi, whose country has received $1 billion in economic aid from neighboring Russia, $410 million from the U.S. As the Vice President's Cadillac entered Kabul, the streets were lined with solemn Afghans, many looking like Genghis Khan's horsemen. Agnew's most rousing reception, however, came from about 800 college students, who threw mud at his car and waved banners reading "Stop killing people in Viet Nam." When Etemadi apologized, Agnew confided to his host: "I'm used to this...
...landmarks of the new Afghanistan are quickly visible to the visitor who jets into the gleaming airport of Kabul, the capital, or who drives the solid new blacktop highways. From those roads, however, other sights can be seen. Long caravans wind across distant valleys, as they have for centuries past. In the south, high-walled family compounds housing fierce Pathan tribesmen still stud the countryside. In the bleak mud houses of northern villages, young children often go blind weaving and knotting traditional Bukhara rugs. Nomad Kuchis seek fresh pasture land for their camels and fat-tailed sheep on the desolate...