Word: pakistan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gorbachev has promised to begin a withdrawal on May 15 if the Kabul government and Pakistan can agree on terms of a settlement by March...
...months it has been apparent that Moscow wants to quit a war that has claimed as many as 30,000 Soviet and more than 1 million Afghan lives, and sent at least 3 million Afghans fleeing to Pakistan and Iran. But Gorbachev's unstated goal -- strikingly similar to the Nixon Administration's declared policy in Viet Nam -- seems to be two-pronged: not merely to pull out Soviet troops but also to prolong the life of the Soviet-installed government of Najibullah, also known as Najib, the former secret police chief who took power...
...process, Gorbachev has thrown Washington, Pakistan and the rebel mujahedin off balance. "Gorbachev has taken the initiative," said a U.S. observer close to the Geneva talks. "If there is no peace agreement, people will blame us." The Reagan Administration seems unsure whether to trust Soviet intentions and the outcome of the Geneva talks. "Right now," said an Administration official, "there are loopholes big enough to drive a truck through...
...point, Yuli Vorontsov, First Deputy Foreign Minister, visited Islamabad to deliver a vague threat. Said he: "Any delays in the signing of the accords from now on will not be of the Soviet Union's making. We don't know who will take that responsibility." Continued terrorist bombings in Pakistan, almost certainly the work of Kabul's agents, underscore Moscow...
Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, as Moscow fully realizes, is in a tight spot. Says Zain Noorani, Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs: "We don't just want an agreement, we want an agreement that can be implemented." Specifically, Pakistan needs the cooperation of the seven-party mujahedin alliance to proceed with the peace agreement. Yet the guerrilla leadership will not accept an agreement with Najib. If Pakistan deals with him anyway, the results will probably be chaotic. The rebels would lose their arms pipeline -- including the Stingers -- and face a potent Soviet force for at least...