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Afghanistan: Victory for the Mujahideen?
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CURRENT ISSUES
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2 / 1986 |
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Henry Kriegel
Henry Kriegel writes on foreign policy issues and resides in
the Washington, D.C., area |
In Washington, key members in the Senate and Congress with the support and Reagan Administration officials, are posing themselves for more legislative victories concerning humanitarian aid as Congress reconvenes. In Afghanistan the Mujahideen hold their own against the world's largest superpower, awaiting for the effective aid needed for their victory.
Last year, $25 million in humanitarian aid was approved in two separate Congressional bills for Afghan refuges in Pakistan. Reagan approved a measure which will allow U.S. Air Force aircraft to deliver humanitarian aid consisting of donated medical supplies, clothing, and food from thousands of good-hearted Americans to Pakistan. The delivery of these items to the Afghans will provide a moral uplift and is symbolic of the increased support the issue has in American.
Very seldom in the six years of war has Afghanistan hit the press. Both The New York Time and The Washington Post recently ran editorials on Soviet atrocities. Asia watch, a branch of Helsinki Watch issued their updated report on human rights violations. Felix Ermacora introduced his report on human rights violations to the UN where by a vote of 75 to 23, the world body registered its "profound concern."
Soviet Propaganda
Afghanistan was a widely discussed issue by Soviet diplomats at Geneva who, while Reagan and Gorbachev conferred, tired to convince the international press of their desire for a negotiated settlement. The welling of international public opinion denouncing the Soviet invasion has forced Kremlin propagandists to
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