Since that time. since this horrible war which has gone on. 1.5 million people have been killed. Mr. Speaker. fully a third of those 15 million people. 5 million people. have been forced into creating what is the largest refugee population on the face of the Earth. We often hear about refugee situations in all parts of the world. but not a lot of people are aware of the fact that Afghanistan in the Soviet invasion there has created the largest refugee population on the face of the Earth. What happened. where did those refugees go? I have this nice pointer here. which is the only gift given to me by my colleague. the gentleman from California. EMr. DoRN] and he has insisted that I use it today. Mr. Speaker. 3.2 million of those refugees have been forced into Pakistan. along the border here. a tremendous burden on the population of Pakistan. The population of Pakistan Is about 110 million. 3.2 million Afghan refugees have fled into Pakistan. and in neighboring Iran to their west. 1.8 million Afghan refugees. creating a total of 5 million refugees. I know that everyone in this House is concerned about that situation. It is a challenge which we will face in the years to come.
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