Afghan ‘stalemate’
Despite an influx of helicopters and other potent; {gear, the Soviets are able to' fight Afghan rebels only to. (stalemate more than six; months after the Russian! intervention, American offi-i cials say. Their estimate is' that 80,000 troops remain ini Afghanistan, with perhaps! 40,000 others poised across j the border. Among the sol-1 diers rotated in over the last month are airborne units, apparently with special antiguerrilla training. The monthly assessment, given to reporters at the American! State Department, is that the Soviets might have toj keep the troops in Afghanis-! tan for two or three years! or send in more firepower, j — <
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Press, 14 July 1980, Page 26
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