Special Rapporteura report whose very existence is practically miraculous and which deserves a salute on that ground alone. but which was quickly relegated to obscurity. What does it teach us? The repression takes two forms: the torture and execution of opponents and resistance fighters. and the massacre and deportations of the civilian population. In "Le Grand Jeu Afghan" (Politique Internationale. Spring 1985) Michael Barry reports that between April 27. 1978 (the date of the proSoviet coup detat). and January 1980. 27.000 people were executed in the Poll Charki concentration camp. situated six miles east of Kabul. "This is not an estimate." writes Barry. "This is the simple addition of the names of the victims posted by the regime in public places to discourage the families from crowding around the gates of the prisons with packages of clothing and food." A major portion of the educated elite. the author adds. perished in this carnage: diplomats. doctors. professors. engineers. nonCommunist officials. spiritual leaders.
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