Mr. President. more than 7 years have passed since troops of the Soviet Union poured into Afghanistan and installed a puppet regime in Kabul. The Kabul regime. with the help of 120.000 Soviet troops. is responsible for the deaths of more than 1 million peoplemost of them noncombatants. including women. children. and the elderlyand the largest refugee population in the world. Last year. the United Nations described the condition of human rights in Afghanistan as: "A situation approaching genocide." Incredibly. the United States still permits trade with the Soviet puppet regime in Kabul. While there are restrictions on the sale of certain strategic items. the State Department informs me that: "Trade in and of itself between the United States and Afghanistan is not prohibited." Indeed it is not.