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Afghanistan
November 13, 1986
The Politburo discuss the need for Soviet troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, the best way to do that, and set up a time table to withdraw troops.
January 1, 1981
Account of Bobiev's service in Afghanistan, including at the Khayraton-Kabul highway and Balkh province.
March 14, 1985
Gorbachev and Chairman Karmal discuss the future of Afghanistan with less intervention from the Soviets.
December 4, 1979
H. Amin requests subunits of Soviet Internal Troops capable of keeping order in the northern regions together with the DRA people’s militia.
December 2, 1979
H. Amin requests that the Soviet government send one reinforced regiment to Badakhshan.
September 2, 1989
Afghan opposition leader Ahmad Shah Masoud sends a defiant letter in response to Soviet overtures.
January 24, 1989
List of measures to support the Afghan military following the withdrawal of Soviet troops, especially the vital suppy route of the Kabul-Hayraton highway.
August 1988
Varennikov reports on Afghan opposition leader Ahmad Shah Masoud, who is seen as the most significant threat to the Soviet-backed regime.
1986
Biography of Najibullah, General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from a dossier of the USSR Armed Forces General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate.
December 11, 1989
Gorbachev discusses the necessity of intra-Afghan peace talks. At the same time, the Soviet Union will provide military assistance, weapons, and aircraft to Afghanistan to retaliate against opposition.