Word: pakistanis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...begin on May 15. The next day, at the United Nations-mediated talks in Geneva between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the gloom of recent weeks lifted almost instantly. Diego Cordovez, the U.N. troubleshooter who has shepherded the negotiations for the past six years, emerged from morning sessions with Afghan and Pakistani diplomats and told reporters, "We have discussed; we have negotiated. That's over. I want to inform you that the documents are now finalized and open for signature...
Mujahedin leaders, most of whom are based in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, were less pleased. Not invited to the Geneva talks at the insistence of Kabul and Moscow, the rebels made it clear that since they were not part of any pact, the war would go on. Said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a key mujahedin leader and spokesman for the seven-party resistance alliance: "The accords are not binding on us. Even if the Soviets start withdrawing, we will attack...
Karla Qazilbash, 44, head teacher at the infant center, was born and raised in Germany, came to the U.S. at 22, married, had three children, then took a course in the psychology of women in 1981, separated from her Pakistani husband and, looking timidly through the help-wanteds, got her first job in ten years -- at the Mercer Children's Center. "This is my calling," she says during a break in the Itsy Bitsy Spider's Sisyphean labors. "This is my chance to grow...
...eight-year-old civil war. Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev had set March 15 as the target date for concluding the negotiations, promising that if it was met, Moscow would begin withdrawing its 115,000-member army of occupation from Afghanistan by May 15. Yet last week key negotiators, including Pakistani Minister of State Zain Noorani, whose government represents the mujahedin rebels, admitted that the putative deadline would pass without an agreement. Said Noorani: "It's out of the question...
...Emirates Golf Club, with a clubhouse resembling a group of Bedouin tents, features quick-growing Buffalo grass imported from Georgia, four artificial lakes and countless natural sand traps. No one in the royal family actually plays golf. So Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, a demon golfer, was invited to hit the maiden ball with a gold-inlaid golf club. After Zia managed a 240-yd. drive on his first swing, his hosts allowed him to keep the club and tossed in a solid gold...