Instead of a willing population. the Soviets faced a massive popular resistance and a viable force of freedom fighters. thus forcing the Soviets to fight in Afghanistan longer than it took to defeat the Germans in World War II. Over a half a million citizens of Afghanistan have perished as a result of the war. Over 3 million refugees have fled into neighboring Pakistan. The Soviets regularly bomb the refugee camps across the border in Pakistan. Their military relies on a scorchedearth policy of destroying crops that could feed the freedom fighters. This policy is creating a famine of astronomical proportions.
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