The official friendly visit of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Hasan Sharq to the Soviet Union. September 20, 1988, Kremlin. General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev meets with Mohammad Hasan Sharq. During the talks (from left): Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, Mikhail Gorbachev, Head of the CPSU International Department Anatoly Dobrynin, and Mohammad Hasan Sharq (right).