I hope that it is the last time that we will have to do so. I hope the Soviet Union will withdraw the 115.000 troops that are deployed there and will permit full selfdetermination for the Afghan people. I hope they will do so soon. The Afghan people have suffered too long and too much. In the words of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. the continuation of a military occupation of Afghanistan will "lead inevitably to a situation approaching genocide." Already over 1 million people have died. 4 million refugees have fled to Pakistan and Iran. Those who remain suffer intolerable hardships. The Soviet invasion has serious geopolitical implications as well.
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