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U.S. diplomat says Soviet forces uneasy
By United Press International
SEATTLE — Soviet soldiers on the streets of the Afghanistan capital of Kabul are "scruffy looking" and appear to be frightened by native population, a member of a U.S. diplomatic mission says.
"They appear scared," said Ron Peters, the administrative officer in the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, an interview with the Seattle Times. "Their eyes move too much. They're looking around. It seems they feel in danger. They're not well-liked."
Peters, 46, a native of the Seattle area, is one of 20 Americans stationed in Afghanistan. He returned home for the Christmas holiday and described life in the city with great grappy interview published Sunday
Throughout the interview, Peters stressed that his remarks constituted only personal observations.
PETERS SAID THAT despite the fighting, life in the capital city was relatively undisturbed. The city is shelled from time to time by the rebels, he said, but their shipment doesn't seem to be very good.
"Life goes on," he said.
"There's a lot of produce in the market. There doesn't seem to be any shortage—in Kabul—of food. There do seem to be shortages in petroleum products from time to time. As the winter comes on, that could be a problem."
In fact, Peters said, the Soviet-backed Afghan government and the Soviets seemed to be going out of their way to maintain a normal diplomatic atmosphere.
"I recently attended a diplomatic reception sponsored by the United Nations on United Nations Day," he said. "It was just like any diplomatic reception that I might take my wife to."
AS FOR THE soldiers of each country, Peters said, "I would have to tag the Russian army as a scruffy looking lot. They don't seem well-kempt. Their uniforms are baggy and hanging, their shoes aren't shiny, and they have a day or two's growth of beard. And the Afghan army is down from that. They're just a really unpleasant lot."
Peters said he had heard rumors of Soviet atrocities in Afghanistan but could not confirm them.
"I've heard about a group of soldiers going through a village, taking all the young girls, having their way with them, then taking them up in helicopters and kicking them out.
"I certainly have never witnessed any of that, and I cannot be used as a source to verify that," he said. "But, yes, I've heard of groups of soldiers coming into villages and holding children under water while their parents are interrogated.
"THERE'S NO WAY to verify that the rumors are true."
Despite their problems in Afghanistan, Peters doesn't think the Soviets are in any hurry to leave.
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"If you look at the numbers of men under arms, the Russians have just plain got more time than the Afghan people," he said. "I't waited a while waiting game. The Russians are just going to wait them out."
An estimated 200,000 to 300,000 rebels are battling the Soviets, who invaded Afghanistan in December 1979.
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