These tactics include the torture and summary execution of prisoners. the burning of crops and villages. and. most barbaric of all. the use of boobytrapped toys. meant to injure children. This last measure is clearly meant to instill terror in the most brutal manner possible. through attack on the clearly innocent and defenseless. Under these conditions. Afghanistan has become a nation of refugees. recent estimates indicate that 1 in 3 Afghans is now a refugee. They have fled the embattled countryside. many to Pakistan and Iran. some inward to Kabul. where they are more easily controlled by Government forces. This depletion of the population can only have a destructive effect on the freedom fighters who depend on their support.
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