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Taraki's government
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towns only in outposts manned by concentrations of troops, and even then at the cost of relying upon Soviet support. Then, once having used force to impose its will, the régime succeeded only in alienating the population further. Moreover, according to reports published by groups concerned with human rights viol- ations, it imprisoned without trial all those considered real or potential opponents, often with their wives and children. In Kabul's Pule Charchi Prison alone, according to Amnesty International, there were an estimated 12 000 political prisoners, detained without reference to law and, in many cases, summarily tortured and/or executed.
Taraki's suc- Hafizullah Amin, who seized power in September 1979, stated that these people including teachers, students, civil servants, mullahs, merchants and "counter-revolutionaries" arrested by the Taraki régime had died in that
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Amin himself implemented a harshly uncompromising policy in the course of which opponents were imprisoned and executed and a renewed campaign against the rebels in the provinces launched. He certainly did not win over the rebels but neither did he succeed in vanquishing them, and the flight of Afghans increased considerably during his three-month rule, the number in Pakistan reportedly rising from 182 000 to 400 000 in only three months. The rebels, though not all affiliated to the Afghan National Liberation Front (ANLF) and while entertaining widely different goals and ambitions, were united by common
common opposition to the government in Kabul. the armed forces there were already large-scale desertions and even mutinies.
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18. The government of Babrak Karmal, backed by Soviet forces, has now been in power for about two years. Although it has sought to reduce opposition by announcing a policy of conciliation, respect for Islam and the formation of a broad- based national front, releasing many political prisoners and making a number of non-party appointments to minor posts, resistance has only stiffened as have indeed
measures taken Karmal, regarded by the opposition as responsible for bringing in a foreign army, has not only seen rebel activity intensify but has also faced desertions from the military which have caused him to resort to forced conscription. At the same time he has had to grapple with a stagnant economy, and as the land reform measures which he and his predecessors tried to impose proved counter-productive, the government has had to offer to reverse them.
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