Word: northeast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most accounts, Moscow's occupation force effectively controlled all of Afghanistan's major cities and highways, but still faced considerable resistance in rural areas; perhaps 80% of the barren countryside remained in rebel hands. After a four-day lull, attacks by Muslim insurgents flared again in the northeast provinces of Badakhshan and Takhar. Civil unrest, according to U.S. intelligence reports, erupted repeatedly inside Kandahar, an ancient trading center on the edge of the Desert of Death. Soviet forces also found themselves in confrontation with mutinous units of the crumbling Afghan army; on at least one occasion...
...stubborn bands of mujahidin (holy warriors), as the guerrillas call themselves, appeared to have concentrated their fighting in two regions: in the desert flats of the southwest, mainly around the city of Kandahar; and in the mountain provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan in the northeast. Last week the Soviets found themselves rushing to the rescue of Afghan units in both sectors...
...shortages and a squeeze on gasoline supplies brought almost daily warnings from the Administration of a looming energy pinch. Increased conservation by homeowners, along with an unseasonably warm winter, have helped to reduce heating oil consumption. It has dropped by at least 10% from last year throughout the Northeast, the region that uses the most fuel. Even more important has been the drop in gasoline use. Last year prices rose 35%, to a current nationwide average of approximately $1.09 per gal. for unleaded regular, and last week several oil companies, including Texaco, Shell and Chevron announced new increases of from...
There were other clashes in widely scattered areas. Afghan rebels claimed to have ambushed and routed a Soviet column in Bamian province northwest of Kabul. Fighting was said to be taking place in Logar province south of the capital, in Badakhshan and Takhar along the northeast frontier with the Soviet Union, in the southern city of Kandahar and in the desert wastes west of Herat and Farah. Concluded a Western observer: "The Soviet plan seems to be to secure the capital and seal the borders. If escape routes to Iran and Pakistan are cut, I am sure they are confident...
Restrained camera movement and dark and sparing lighting syncopate nicely with the undynamic plot and overall surrealism. In one directional flourish Ashby stole the theme from 2001 to accompany Gardiner's exit from his primitive garden-world into the "modern culture" and civilization of Northeast Washington...