The Soviet invasion brought widespread worldwide response and prompted President Carter to call for specific U.S. responses including the boycott of the Moscow summer Olympics. But despite the gravity of the situation. other eventsthe attempted rescue of our hostages in Iran. the Presidential primaries. the state of our economyhave overtaken and overshadowed the situation in Afghanistan. It is not my intention today to criticize this administrations response or the actions taken by our allies. but only to take this opportunity and subsequent ones to focus the attention of my colleagues on Afghanistanwhats happening to the country. its people. its refugees. It is also fortuitous for me that the best American. nongovernmental resource for information on Afghanistan is at the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of NebraskaOmaha. Tht center has achieved increased importance as direct communications from Afghanistan are now severely curtailed. I intend to share with my colleagues information made available to me. Therefore. periodically over the next several months. I will routinely be addressing the House to focus on particular events and concerns in Afghanistan: the genocide within Afghanistan. the plight of Afghan refugees in Pakistan. and activities in this country planned around Afghanistan Relief Week.
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