Ronald Reagan: “Afghanistan is important to the world, because the Afghan people are…”

On the recordDecember 25, 1982

Afghanistan is important to the world, because the Afghan people are resisting Soviet imperialism.

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Statement on the Third Anniversary of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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