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in february 1980, president carter s security adviser zbigniew brzezinski visited the refugee camps along the afghan pakistan border. that land over there is yours. you ll go back to it one day, because your fight will prevail, and you ll have your homes, your mosques back again, because your cause is right and god is on your side. as more and more afghans poured over the border into pakistan, a lot of them did not want to stay in pakistan as refugees, they wanted to go back and fight, but they wanted weapons to go and do it with, and other kinds of assistance. that was an opportunity that president carter took advantage of. the americans knew the local arms industry could never supply the demand for weapons, and with the saudis matching

Refugee campsZbigniew brzezinskiPresident carterFebruary 1980Southern afghanistanBorders inside pakistanArms industry