The Soviets have shortened their proposed timetable for removal of Soviet troops to 18 months. but they remain opposed to the concurrent termination of the Soviet puppet government in Afghanistan. If the Soviets will not concede the Afghans the right to choose their own government. a military pullout alone means little. As the population of refugee children and their families continues to increase the social and economic pressures on Pakistan and other countries giving sanctuary. the United States must step up its efforts to seek a speedy. peaceful. and goodfaith withdrawal of the Soviet presence and allow for the return of refugees so that they may try to piece together their personal lives and their country. If Soviet General Secretary Gorbachevs policy of glasnost. or openness is to have meaning it must include a pullout from Afghanistan.
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