Hafizullah Amin person

“to neutralize Amen in a commando raid. They were successful. Amen was murdered in the presidential palace in a bloody battle. The Russians were favorably disposed toward Amen's successor, Babrak Karmal, K-A-R-M-A-L. The Soviet intervention …”

“under house arrest, and later moved him to a prison, where he would be strangled to death a few weeks later. Mr. CIA just orchestrated a coup. At the time, there were further coup attempts by Afghan army. According to some Russian accounts,…”

“Other Russians thought he was mentally unstable. While Taraki visited Moscow and heard Brezhnev's direct warning, Amen alleged an assassination attempt by ministers, he called in an anti-party group. Instead of Amen being forced out on Sept…”

“several factions of the party in 1965. Taraki had been a representative in their legislature. His deputy, these names are killing me, Harapi Zula Amin, given a supervisory role over the secret police, became a key instigator in a purge. Ami…”

“And Brzezinski was standing right beside Carter, elated. He quickly instructed the CIA to produce options on how to deal with Afghanistan. When Langley reached into their bag of tricks, it would not be whistling in the dark. The CIA had lia…”