I think some of my colleagues know I have taken several opportunities here in the well of the House to talk about the plight of the people of Afghanistan. who for the last 71/2 years have been suffering a genocide imposed on them by the Soviet Union. Before 1979. 15V2 million Afghans lived in that wonderful country. Since that time. nearly 2 million have been killed. The largest refugee population in the world is in Pakistan and Iran. Over 5 million Afghans have been forced to seek refuge in those two countries and an additional 2 million people have been forced from their homes within the country. Since 1979. nearly half the population of Afghanistan has been impacted by this horrible encroachment by the Soviet Union into their country.