We all know the sad history of Soviet occupation of that once free land and of our Governments efforts to bring international pressure upon the Soviet Union to withdraw. While the Mujahideen freedom fighters struggle on against overwhelming odds to battle the Soviet invaders. the poor Afghani peasants have become the new victims of the Soviet and Afghani military machine. As refugees try to leave Afghanistan for the safety of Pakistan. Soviet airstrikes are intentionally directed at these fleeing peasants. Many of them are leaving Afghanistan in the aftermath of Soviet and Afghani scorched Earth operations designed to destroy the civilian infrastructure. Farms. houses. markets. schools. and hospitals have been attacked and totally destroyed. Once they arrive in Pakistan. these poor refugees face the prospect of again being bombed from the air. Afghani Air Force planes routinely cross the border into western Pakistan and bomb villages and refugee camps. The Pakistani Government has strongly protested this illegal action. When we talk of human rights violations. my colleagues. let us not forget that some of the most brutal violations of human rights and life itself are occurring this very moment in Afghanistan. the Soviet empires latest addition to the long list of captive nations.
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