The Afghan people are struggling against a brutal occupation by. the worlds most powerful land army. In 1983. Soviet troop strength in Afghanistan reached an all time high. and the firepower of hundreds of helicopter gunships has devastated one valley after another. The result has been tens of thousands of casualties and more than 3 million people leaving the country as refugees. Yet the freedom fighters. in an heroic lopsided struggle. have held on and even repulsed Soviet offensives in the province of Paktia and In the PanJshire Valley. It is time that the United States show the people of Afghanistan that the U.S.
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