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...Private Mohammad Beg, a Soviet soldier stationed in an isolated outpost north of Kabul, the odyssey to confinement and conversion began with a dispute with one of his superiors in 1987. After beating the officer unconscious, the 21-year-old Uzbek from Tashkent deserted, and before long, Afghan villagers handed him over to the mujahedin...
...complicated by the task of separating those who decide to return to the U.S.S.R. from those who do not. Until then, most of the POWs are doomed to remain strangers in a strange land, trusted by hardly anyone. "To all appearances, they are Muslims and pray with us," says , Mohammad Payendah, an administrative officer in a guerrilla garrison. "But God alone knows what is in their hearts...
...Iran is immediately ready to implement [a U.N.peace] resolution by a cease-fire," Iran'sambassador, Mohammad Ja'afar Mahallati, toldreporters after the meeting...
...remarks left the future of Afghanistan's Marxist president, Sayid Mohammad Najibullah in serious doubt. Foreign observers believe Najibullah, 41, will not be able to retain his grip on power if he is deprived of Soviet military backing...
Throughout the 16-year history of Bangladesh, unrest and martial law have seemed to be an almost permanent part of political life. Since late October, President Hussain Mohammad Ershad has arrested some 2,000 opposition figures, including the women leaders of the two main opposition parties, for calling for his overthrow. Last week, unable to negotiate an end to the protests, Ershad completed the cycle by declaring a new state of emergency in his troubled country of 105 million people...