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Four: 1981

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By January, 1981 both sides were adjusting to the new realities of the conflict. The Soviet army had arrived and it was reorganising itself for a long stay. The presence of this army had guaranteed the scores of guerrilla parties the interest and support of both Afghan and international forces.

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  1. Yu. Gankovsky (ed.) A History of Afghanistan (Progress, 1985).

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© 1990 Mark L. Urban

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Urban, M. (1990). Four: 1981. In: War in Afghanistan. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20761-9_5

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