Neighboring Pakistan is not without its problems. Their own internal politics are less than secure. Adding to Pakistans internal difficulties is the enormous refugee population the country is harboring. anywhere from 1.8 million to over 2 million. As I stated before. Afghan refugees are packed in tent cities in the border region with Pakistan. many in the northwest frontier province near the historic Khyber Pass and the city of Peshawar. This is the largest refugee population in the world. Some say it is increasing at the rate of 150.000 a month. Pakistan is a desperately poor and already overpopulated country. Yet. it is footing half the annual bill of more than $300 million to care for these refugees. Livestock which arrived with the Afghan refugees are kept in one of the few fertile regions of Pakistan. taking up precious farm and pastureland and water vital to the other inhabitants. In the words of Louis Dupree. the eminent scholar. speaking of the invasion of Afghanistan. the Soviets have engaged in a rubbleization of the villages. They have attacked these villages with their helicopter gunships armed to the teeth.
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