NBC Nightly News - 1980-01-06
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[0:03] >> from New York. This is NBC Nightly News
[0:06] with John Palmer substituting for
[0:08] Jessica Santage and Dick Sha with
[0:10] sports.
[0:12] >> Good evening. The Sovietbacked
[0:14] government in Afghanistan released 2,000
[0:16] political prisoners today as Soviet
[0:18] troops continued to pour into the
[0:20] country. Muslim rebels say they are
[0:22] planning a Vietnamese style war of
[0:24] attrition against the Soviet occupation.
[0:26] Meanwhile, the Soviet troops appear to
[0:28] be digging in for a long stay. NBC News
[0:31] correspondent John Hart reports from
[0:33] Kbble.
[0:36] 10 mi south of Kbble, the Russians are
[0:38] digging in into the frozen ground and
[0:40] trenchments for themselves and their
[0:42] field guns. In the capital itself, the
[0:45] Russian presence is not so much seen as
[0:48] constantly felt. little reminders. An
[0:51] occasional jeep patrol, military
[0:54] vehicles getting priority at the
[0:56] intersections.
[0:59] And once in a while, bigger reminders as
[1:02] on Saturday when a couple dozen tanks
[1:05] just showed up at a downtown park for no
[1:07] apparent reason and then left. A
[1:10] maneuver quite visible from the American
[1:12] embassy where 30 Americans remain led by
[1:15] a charge defair, 10 of them Marines.
[1:19] There are maybe 75 other Americans
[1:22] living in Cabo. Teachers mostly.
[1:25] >> One of them is Larry Callahan of
[1:27] Phoenix, Arizona. He's been here more
[1:29] than a year.
[1:31] >> What are the Americans doing? Those
[1:33] remaining here.
[1:35] >> The Americans are keeping a low profile.
[1:37] They're staying out of areas that would
[1:40] be unsafe for Americans to be,
[1:43] >> for example. Oh, for example, uh an area
[1:46] where maybe uh a lot of Russians would
[1:50] choos