Mr. Speaker. today we are commemorating the infamous day in 1979 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. In late August of last year. I visited an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan and observed firsthand the horrors of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. I met many people who have suffered extreme hardship as a result of the invasion and the constant Soviet aggression. The Soviets have utilized every conceivable nonatomic weapon in their arsenal against these people in a concerted effort approaching the threshold of genocide. The Soviets have destroyed their food. contaminated their water. killed their livestock. burned their homes. disrupted their medical care. poisoned their air. and leveled their villages.