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<text id=92TT0663>
<title>
Mar. 30, 1992: World Notes:Afghanistan
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Mar. 30, 1992 Country's Big Boom
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 40
World Notes
AFGHANISTAN
Najibullah's Siren Song
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<p> In the standoff between the government of President Najibullah
and Afghanistan's mujahedin, the beleaguered regime in Kabul is
now clearly placing its hopes on a settlement brokered by the
United Nations. Last week Najibullah tried to give that process
a jog by publicly reiterating his longstanding offer to step out
of the presidency and renounce any future political role as soon
as a neutral interim government is formed under U.N. auspices.
Said the President on national television: "I have agreed to
transfer all authority to the transitional government."
</p>
<p> Najibullah's latest concession to the peace process came
shortly after a major mujahedin faction claimed that it had
captured the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, site of a
government air base; Kabul denied the claim. Hard-line
mujahedin, ignoring the President's offer, vowed to fight on.
</p>
</body></article>
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