In that desperate country. the International Medical Corps provides medical help for the Afghan Mujahedin and some 40 clinics. most of them located in caves to escape detection and destruction by the Russians. To man these clinics and to provide future health care in Afghanistan. the IMC has a training school in Peshawar. Pakistan. where It trains young Afghans to become medics. in an 8month course. with American volunteer doctors and nurses as instructors. At this IMC school. as part of their training. teams of Afghan students. interpreters. and doctors. examine and treat daily. hundreds of Afghan men. women. and children from the nearby refugee camps. I wish to publicly thank several volunteers from my area of California who have recently returned from Peshawar. Dr.