jan 27, 1980 - Carter Doctrine

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► Promised US military aid to all countries bordering Afghanistan.

►Policy carried out by a quick-strike military force (Rapid Deployment Force) that could intervene from anywhere in the world.

► Congress to allow the CIA to increase its intelligence gathering.

► Conscription (Draft) of 18 to 20 year-old men for the Army.

► Cancel all shipments of grain to the Soviet Union.

► Assistance to the guerrillas - mujahadeen.