December of this year will mark the eighth anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The brutal occupation of this country is a tragedy of monumental proportion. Nearly one third of Afghanistans population has fled the war and is now living in squalid. overcrowded refugee camps in Pakistan and Iran. Mr. Speaker. the toll of the occupation and the war on the children is particularly devastating. they are blown apart by explosive toys dropped from Soviet planes. they are forced to spend their childhoods in dismal camps and they then grow up to fight in a horrible war against massive occupying forces.