MIDDLE EAST AFRICA SOUTH ASIA

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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 10, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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MIDDLE EAST -AFRICA -SOUTH ASIA
This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the Middle East -Africa Division, Office of Current Intelligence,
with occasional contributions from other offices within the Directorate of
Intelligence. Comments and queries are welcome. They should be directed to
the authors of the individual articles.
Syria: Bombers Arrested 1
Pakistan-Afghanistan:
Relations Relax
Somewhat
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Afghanistan: Key Military Men 5
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Syria
The Syrian government believes it has broken
the back of the so-called "Arab Communist Organiza-
tion," which has claimed responsibility for a rash
of bombings in Damascus over the past 10 months.
Targets of the bombings included the American pavilion
at last summer's Damascus fair as well as the Egyptian
liaison office and Jordanian embassy.
The interior minister announced last Sunday that
"all member s'? of the organization present in Syria
had been arrested.
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Pakistan-Afghanistan
Relations Relax SomewYcat
agreement between Pakistan and
Afghanistan o ease their propaganda war has held
up fairly well since it went into effect a month
ago. In addition, there has apparently been no
trouble during this period betweer- troops of the
two countries stationed near their common border.
A month ago, Afghan President Daoud had sent in-
fantry reinforcements to the area as a show of force
after receiving reports of clashes on Pakistan's
side of the border between Pakistani military units
and tribesmen.
Under the agreement to tone down their proper-?
Banda, each side promised to halt radio broadcasts
containing personal attacks on the other country's
head of government. Criticism of policies, however,
was not prohibited. According to the US embassy in
Kabul, both countries have been complying with the
agreement but have "skirted close to the edge."
The Afghans have been strongly emphasizing their
position on their long-standing border dispute with
Pakistan and have accused Prime Minister Bhutto of
forcing tribesmen in Baluchistan Province to flee
to Afghanistan. Pakistani propaganda, meanwhile,
has been stressing the allegation that the far left
has great influence in the Afghan government.
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Afghanistan
Key MiZztary Men
A pair of military officers appear to have
emerged as important figures in the regime of
President Mohammad Daoud. One of them, General
Ghulam Haider, is the commander of army forces
stationed in the Kabul area. The other, Colonel
Mohammad Zia, commands Daoud's palace guard. Zia
reportedly is a young leftist, while Raider's
ideological leanings, if any, are unknown. Both
men are said to have played important roles in the
coup that brought Daoud to power in 1973.
Haider
and Zia are eu ing wi g nking
military man, chief of staff General Abdul Karim
Mostaghni. A major factor in the dispute may be
Mostaghni's reported unhappiness with the Soviet
Union's strong influence over Afghanistan's armed
forces.
We have seen no signs that these men ar any
other important officers have become disloyal to
President Daoud, who continues completely to dominate
Afghan political life. Whenever the 66-year-old
President leaves the scene, however, officers such
as Haider, Zia, and Mostaghni are likely to have a
considerable influence on political developments.
Haider in particular will probably play a key role.
In addition to commanding key army units, Haider is
a close crony of Daoud and a fellow member of the
Mohammadzai clan, which has dominated Afghan govern-
ment and politics for decades. (SECRET NO FOREIGN
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