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RR8005 - Afghanistan Report

WTN

Afghanistan - 1980 and file

Afghanistan remains a country at the centre of a worldwide furore. The summer olympics in Moscow are threatened by a boycott in protest against the influx of Soviet troops into Afghanistan. The United States leads the protests, and another Cold War looms in East-West relations. The world's Islamic countries have met in special session and condemned the Soviet action. Meanwhile, early reports of widespread clashes between Soviet troops and Afghan Moslem rebels have been discounted, with the Soviet forces maintaining a low profile. But they remain in large numbers, and they are not expected to leave in the near future.

Soviet supplies arriving in Kabul by air, and convoy of trucks

People's House and new President Babrak Karmal

Soviet advisers having breakfast

People's House and new President Babrak Karmal

Afghan Foreign Minister Shah Mohammed Dost in Moscow to request Russian assistance to repel foreign aggression

Captured rebel weapons

Alleged counter-revolutionary agents under arrest;

Gunsmiths and traders at Dara on North-West frontier

Testing of weapons in Dara

W010238

RR8005 - Afghanistan Report

WTN

Afghanistan - 1980 and file

Afghanistan remains a country at the centre of a worldwide furore. The summer olympics in Moscow are threatened by a boycott in protest against the influx of Soviet troops into Afghanistan. The United States leads the protests, and another Cold War looms in East-West relations. The world's Islamic countries have met in special session and condemned the Soviet action. Meanwhile, early reports of widespread clashes between Soviet troops and Afghan Moslem rebels have been discounted, with the Soviet forces maintaining a low profile. But they remain in large numbers, and they are not expected to leave in the near future.

Soviet supplies arriving in Kabul by air, and convoy of trucks

People's House and new President Babrak Karmal

Soviet advisers having breakfast

People's House and new President Babrak Karmal

Afghan Foreign Minister Shah Mohammed Dost in Moscow to request Russian assistance to repel foreign aggression

Captured rebel weapons

Alleged counter-revolutionary agents under arrest;

Gunsmiths and traders at Dara on North-West frontier

Testing of weapons in Dara