Their apparent goal was to support their puppet regime of Babrak Karmal and formally transform Afghanistan into another Soviet satellite. The result of this invasion. though. was mass resistance to this illegal Soviet occupation. This struggle by the Afghan people against some 120.000 Soviet troops has been very costly. Millions of Afghanis have been forced to flee their homes and have become refugees in Pakistan and Iran. Hundreds of thousands of others have been indiscriminately killed and maimed. The Soviets have followed a scorched earth policy in Afghanistan resulting in the destruction of entire villages. crops. herds of livestock. and even irrigation systems.
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