Word: springboard
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...Hence, it is the sole client to pose an immediate security problem. That fact helps explain Moscow's continued patronage for the Najibullah regime in Kabul, despite the Soviet withdrawal of its occupying forces from Afghanistan a year ago. Moscow's fear is that the country could become a springboard for Islamic revolutionaries eager to penetrate Soviet Central Asia. By U.S. Government estimates, Moscow's concern translates into a monthly dole of $200 million to $300 million, most of it in military assistance...