Despite blanket bombing and chemical and biological weapons. the brave Afghan freedom fighters have prevented the nearly 100.000strong Soviet occupation force from extending its control over a large portion of the countryside. Their heroic struggle has carried a terrible cost. Many thousands of Afghans. often innocent civilians. women and children. have been killed and maimed. Entire villages and regions have been destroyed and depopulated. Some three million people have been driven into exile. Thats one out of every five Afghans. The same proportion of Americans would produce a staggering 50 million refugees. We cannot and will not turn our backs on this struggle. Few acts of international aggression have been so universally condemned.
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