The World - News from June 23, 1985
Afghan guerrilla leaders claimed their forces killed and wounded 400 government troops and captured 160 soldiers, including a large number of officers, in a week of fighting in the Panjshir Valley in northern Afghanistan. One of the main Afghan guerrilla groups, Jamiat-i-Islami, said its forces overwhelmed military outposts in the valley, and two top government officers were among the dead. Western diplomats in Islamabad, Pakistan, said they also had heard reports of heavy new fighting in the region.
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