Word: mujahedins
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...standoff between the government of President Najibullah and ^ Afghanistan's mujahedin, the beleaguered regime in Kabul is now clearly placing its hopes on a settlement brokered by the United Nations. Last week Najibullah tried to give that process a jog by publicly reiterating his longstanding offer to step out of the presidency and renounce any future political role as soon as a neutral interim government is formed under U.N. auspices. Said the President on national television: "I have agreed to transfer all authority to the transitional government...
Sensing the time is ripe for a major mujahedin offensive, the U.S., Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have reportedly given the go-ahead to the guerrillas. Renewed military pressure on his already demoralized forces could soon add Najibullah to the list of victims of the Soviet putsch...
...Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and the resulting strategic importance of neighboring Pakistan accelerated the growth of B.C.C.I.'s geopolitical power and its unbridled use of the black network. Because the U.S. wanted to supply the mujahedin rebels in Afghanistan with Stinger missiles and other military hardware, it needed the full cooperation of Pakistan, across whose border the weapons would be shipped. By the mid-1980s, the CIA's Islamabad operation was one of the largest U.S. intelligence stations in the world. "If B.C.C.I. is such an embarrassment to the U.S. that forthright investigations are not being pursued...
...frustrating years, the stalemated siege of the provincial capital of Khost symbolized the inability of the mujahedin to make significant gains against the forces of Soviet-backed President Najibullah. But that situation changed radically last week when the rebels, using anti-mine equipment and tanks, concluded a 19-day coordinated attack by overwhelming the defending forces. In the chaotic fighting, about 150 guerrillas and at least 200 government soldiers died...
...medical and chemical-warfare specialists flew their colors with special pride. Its members resisted outside help to the point of refusing desert-camouflage fatigues, resting content with green winter uniforms and caps complete with earflaps. Asian Muslims -- including 11,000 Pakistanis, 2,000 Bangladeshis and about 310 Afghan mujahedin guerrillas -- were assigned to guard Islam's shrines. As for the inconspicuous Moroccans and other minor units -- well, the way Washington was feeling last week, they also served who only stood and waited...