--- Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com>
>
> The Kremlin was unhappy with Amin. The fact that he
> had been involved
> in the overthrow and death of the much-favored
> Taraki was bad enough.
> But the Soviets also regarded him as thoroughly
> unsuitable for the
> task that was Moscow's sine qua non: preventing an
> anti-communist
> Islamic state for arising in Afghanistan.
Incidentally, a certain person over on Peter Lavelle's list (I think you can guess who) was a negotiator on the Soviet side in talks with the US about this very issue. You should talk to him.
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