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Afghanistan: Victory for the Mujahideen? |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--FIVE NATIONS UNDER SIEGE |
| Author: Henry Kriegel |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1986 |
| Size: 1,941 Words, 12,204 Characters |
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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 s...
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... early American revolutionaries, share the vision of freedom over tyranny as a precedent for the world. Will we come to their aid sufficiently and on time?
This February if you ever wonder how it feels to be like Masould and his men in the Panjsher, think of George Washington and his troops at Valley Forge in winter who held fast in hope and prayer till the free world came to help them.
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