Word: mujahedin
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...mujahedin, the contras and the Cambodian guerrillas are all foot soldiers of an American policy whose architect has left office -- the Reagan Doctrine. To punish Leonid Brezhnev for fomenting trouble in the Third World back in the 1970s, Ronald Reagan launched a global counteroffensive in the 1980s. By helping to arm virtually any group aiming to topple one of the Kremlin's clients, Reagan gave new force to the old U.S. strategy of "containing" Soviet expansionism...
...Afghanistan, American hopes for a quick, easy mujahedin victory have faded. A protracted civil war might favor the more fanatical, anti-Western elements among the rebels. The U.S. has just said good riddance to one ayatullah in Iran, and the last thing Washington wants is a Khomeini-like figure in Afghanistan. There are also 3.5 million well-armed Afghan refugees who are an increasing worry to Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. On a visit to Washington last month, she persuaded Bush to endorse publicly a "political solution," implying an internationally brokered deal that might allow some Afghan Communists to remain...
...Prime Minister said she believes that Afghanistan should have a neutral government "which reflects the aspirations of the people of Afghanistan and which is neither hostile to the Soviet Union nor hostile to us." With support from the U.S., Pakistan has been the main arms distributor to the Afghan mujahedin rebels ever since Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979. The Soviets withdrew their forces early this year, but contrary to predictions, the mujahedin have not been able to topple the Soviet-supported regime of President Najibullah in Kabul...
...potential source of conflict is outside interference from such groups as the Iraq-based People's Mujahedin of Iran. There is also the danger of a new burst of Iran-sponsored international terrorism as rival organizations contend for power. "As the factionalism builds up, there will be more free-lance terrorism and less control from the center," warns Gary Sick, who monitored Iran for the National Security Council under the Carter Administration...
...orchestrated attack by Afghan rebels on Jalalabad, has degenerated into a protracted struggle and a propaganda victory for Najibullah. Bhutto was particularly enraged by what appeared to be ISI disinformation blaming her for the mess. Gul has also defied Bhutto by openly siding with the fundamentalists among the mujahedin. Bhutto has called the ISI's emphasis on a mujahedin military victory a "fundamental mistake." Gul's exit opens the way for a more flexible approach to helping resolve the Afghan...