:::::Obviously, only a ''majority'' of these deaths can be attributed to the Communists, but I think it is important to recognize the catastrophe that Afghanistan has become since the Soviet-backed Marxist coup of 1978. | :::::Obviously, only a ''majority'' of these deaths can be attributed to the Communists, but I think it is important to recognize the catastrophe that Afghanistan has become since the Soviet-backed Marxist coup of 1978. |