The World - News from July 3, 1985
About 450 Soviet and Afghan soldiers were killed in Afghan rebel attacks against military posts in the strategic Panjshir Valley during the last week, Western diplomats in New Delhi reported. Two Afghan generals and a senior Soviet adviser were killed or captured in the attacks against at least nine posts, the diplomats said. They said 200 Afghan army commandos were killed or captured by waiting rebels when they parachuted into the upper section of the valley.
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