Notes
1. For a background to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and its wider implications for the region and the world, see Bradsher, Afghanistan. [BACK]
2. Andrew and Gordiesky, KGB, 574. [BACK]
3. Deac, “Sky Train Invasion,” 22. [BACK]
4. Ibid., 23 [BACK]
5. Andrew and Gordiesky, KGB, 574. [BACK]
6. Quoted in Reshtia, Price of Liberty, 54. [BACK]
7. Zurmulwal, Russia’s Armed Aggression, 27. [BACK]
8. Andrew and Gordiesky, KGB, 575. [BACK]
9. Anwar, Tragedy of Afghanistan, 190. [BACK]
10. Dobbs, “Secret Memos.” [BACK]
11. Ibid. [BACK]
12. Deac, “Sky Train Invasion,” 24. [BACK]
13. Arnold, Afghanistan’s Two-Party Communism, 186. [BACK]