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HCONRES 215 101th Congress House International Affairs Afghanistan American military assistance Insurgency Military assistance Military intervention National self-determination Peace negotiations Reagan Doctrine U.S.S.R.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should immediately cease its military and logistical assistance the the illegitimate Afghan government.

Introduced: October 24, 1989 See on congress.gov
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Nov 6, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Nov 6, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Oct 24, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Oct 24, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) commend Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze for publicly announcing that the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan violated Soviet law and ethics; (2) commend the Soviet Union for the withdrawal of Soviet combat troops on February 15, 1989; (3) urge the Soviet Union to cease its military support of the illegitimate regime in Kabul; and (4) negotiate a political resolution leading to the self-determination of the Afghan people followed by the termination of U.S. military assistance to the Afghan resistance.

What's happening now November 6, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 8, 1990
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 215: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should immediately cease its military and logistical assistance the the illegitimate Afghan government.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-215/
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"H. Con. Res. 215: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should immediately cease its military and logistical assistance the the illegitimate Afghan government.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-215/.
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H. Con. Res. 215, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-215/.
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