This will indeed by the first summit conterence between the leaders of our two nations since the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union in 1979. Over the course of the last 6 years. up to a million Afghans have lost their lives in ways that are clearly attributable to the Soviet occupation of their country. Through carpet bombing. through the destruction of crops and irrigation networks. and through the use of chemical agents against the people of Afghanistan as well. hundreds of thousands and up to a million of them have lost their lives. a third of the entire Afghan nation has been driven into exile and are now living as refugees in the neighboring nations of Pakistan and Iran. At this very moment. 115.000 Soviet troops continue to occupy the country. In response to this brutal invasion. the people of Afghanistan. almost as they were one. have risen up against their oppressors.
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