The Helsinki Commission held its second hearing on Soviet aggression in Afghanistan six years after Soviet invasion in 1979. The witnesses shed light on the deliberate destruction of the people, culture, and way of life in Afghanistan for the Commissioners present, and considered ways to move forward.
Members
Hon. Alfonse M. D'Amato
Chairman
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hon. Steny H. Hoyer
Co-Chairman
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hon. Dennis DeConcini
Commissioner
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hon. Gordon J. Humphrey
Commissioner
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hon. Christopher H. Smith
Commissioner
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hon. Don Ritter
Commissioner
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Witnesses
Mykola Movchan
Former Soviet Army Sergeant
Hamed
Member
National Islamic Front of Afghanistan
Tor
Member
National Islamic Front of Afghanistan
Jan Goodwin
Executive Editor
Ladies’ Home Journal
Kurt Lobek
Film Journalist
Ambassador Gerald B. Helman
Deputy to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Department of State
Ambassador Richard Schifter
Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
Department of State
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