Mohamed Amin came when his photos, along with Michael Buerk's reporting of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis and eventually helped start the charity wave that resulted in Live Aid concerts. Apart from Ethiopian famine, he contributed exclusive photos of the fall of Idi Amin and of Mengistu Haile Mariam, and was author of numerous books, including "Journey Through Pakistan", "Pilgrimage to Mecca", and covered various themes like East African Wildlife and the Uganda Railway. Amin also published issues of "Selamta", the Ethiopian Airlines in-flight magazine. In 1991, Amin lost his left arm during an ammunition dump explosion
Hafizullah Amin did not participate in the meeting. This, according to Beverley Male, "suggested that some plot against Amin was in preparation". Taraki was instructed to stop-over in Moscow, where the Soviet leaders urged him to remove Amin from power as per the KGB's decision, because Amin posed danger. Amin's trusted aid, Daoud Taroon, informed Amin of the meeting and the KGB's plan. In Kabul, Taraki's aides, the Gang of Four (consisting of Watanjar, Mazdoryar, Gulabzoi and Sarwari), planned a plot to assassinate Amin, but it failed as Amin was informed of this. Within hours of Taraki's return to Kabul on 11