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- ↑ J. Bruce Amstutz (1 July 1994). Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation. DIANE Publishing. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2 . Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. 1987. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Middle East Insight. International Insight, Inc. 1987. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Anthony James Gregor (1989). In the Shadow of Giants: The Major Powers and the Security of Southeast Asia. Hoover Inst Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-8179-8821-0 . Retrieved 24 August 2013.
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