Democratic Palestine : 22 (ص 32)
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- Democratic Palestine : 22 (ص 32)
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DRA women join the struggle.
in order to counteract imperialist in-
terference. It has also been a shared
DRA-Soviet position that the latter’s
troops would withdraw when foreign
interference in Afghanistan’s affairs
ended. This position was reiterated in-
numerable times over the past year. It
was clear in Comrade Gorbachev’s ad-
dress at the CPSU congress in
February, wherein he declared Soviet
commitment to a troop withdrawal «in
the nearest possible time.» The Soviet
Union’s tremendous peace efforts aim
not only at avoiding nuclear war in the
world, but also at ending the ‘small’
wars that sap the strength and resources
of the peoples struggling for liberation
and progress.
In early 1986, the DRA and the
Soviet Union agreed on a timetable for
Soviet withdrawal if it was possible to
halt foreign aggression against
Afghanistan. In May, Comrade Najib
called for «vigorous efforts to achieve
the speediest settlement» and invited
refugees to return home to an
«honorable life in peace and tranquili-
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ty.» In the 19th plenum of the PDPA
Central Committee, held in July 1986,
Comrade Najib promised the end of the
war by the 10th anniversary of the
revolution (April 1988). The DRA’s
commitment to a political solution was
reiterated at the Harare Non-aligned
Summit, the 41st UN session and other |
international forums. Last autumn, six
Soviet regiments withdrew from
Afghanistan as a good will sign which
also attests to the growing ability of the
DRA to shoulder its own self-defense.
Due to the DRA and Soviet efforts,
substantial progress was accomplished
in the UN-sponsored Geneva talks
(which have been conducted indirectly
between Pakistan and Afghanistan for
over four years, due to Pakistan’s
refusal to recognize the DRA). In May,
the two sides agreed on the principle
that Soviet withdrawal would occur
simultaneously with the end of external
interference in Afghanistan. In August,
there was agreement on international
guarantees for a settlement and the
return of refugees to Afghanistan.
However, the talks were suspended
without agreement on the time
framework for the Soviet withdrawal
and the means of monitoring the cut-
off of aid from Pakistan to the
counterrevolutionaries.
VICTORIES IN THE FIELD
The PDPA’s correct political line has
impacted on the military situation as
well. Comrade Najib’s speech at the
20th plenum of the Central Committee
reported: «Our state organs throughout
the country, without waiting for
reciprocal steps, carry on talks with
tens of ringleaders of the counter-
revolutionary bands every day. So far
such talks have taken place with hun-
dreds of bands. In the course of one
year’s time, tens of thousands of people
have joined the side of revolution
(DRA Foreign Affairs Bulletin,
November 1986). Parallel to the
political progress, the army has been
strengthened as have the popular
militias, not least by incorporating - هو جزء من
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