The World - News from July 10, 1985
Afghan rebels attacked two Soviet-Afghan military convoys, causing heavy casualties, and launched their heaviest rocket assault in months on the suburbs of the capital of Kabul, Western diplomats in New Delhi said. Witnesses reported that 150 to 170 vehicles were destroyed in an attack June 29 on the strategic Salang highway, north of Kabul, with the attack in Kabul taking place a few days later. About 450 Afghan soldiers were reported killed or wounded, but there was no independent confirmation.
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