WORLD IN BRIEF : AFGHANISTAN : Najibullah Says He Rejected Soviet Aid
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Soviet Union offered Afghanistan military support during a coup attempt in Kabul last week, but the Communist government turned down the aid, President Najibullah said. He also said that two days before the failed takeover, he suspected that the defense minister, Shahnawaz Tanai, was plotting a coup and offered him the presidency. “It is yours if you think you can rule,” Najibullah said. Tanai fled to Pakistan after the coup failed but is now believed to be back in Afghanistan.
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