 The "CIA World Fact Book" reported that as of 2004, Afghanistan still owed $8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia, however, in 2007 Russia agreed to cancel most of the debt.5.5 million Afghans were made refugees by the war—a full one third of the country's pre-war population—fleeing the country to Pakistan or Iran.A total of 3.3 million Afghan refugees were housed in Pakistan by 1988, some of whom continue to live in the country up until today.