January 3-9
→ US diplomats traveled to Pakistan to open up talks about the future of Afghanistan (Jan 3)
→ Soviet leaders arrived in Afghanistan to meet with the communist leader Najib, as a counter to the US-Pakistan talks. The Soviets agreed to leave if the US and Pakistan would stop aiding the insurgents (Jan 4)
→ The Soviets made a statement that they would definitely be leaving Afghanistan by the end of the year with no preconditions of the type of government that would be left in their absence. The US agreed to end aid to the rebel groups. (Jan 6)