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...Soviet Union sent a motorized rifle division into Afghanistan Dec. 27 after a Soviet air-borne division captured former President Hafizullah Amin at Darulaman Palace. Amin was executed after his capture and Babrak Karmal, who some experts believe is a Soviet puppet, returned from exile in Eastern Europe to take power...