The World - News from Aug. 6, 1985
Black Muslims from the United States are fighting in Afghanistan with rebels trying to overthrow the Soviet-backed government, the Daily Telegraph in London said. The newspaper, in a report from Afghanistan’s Logar province, quoted Akhbar Shah, 34, a Black Muslim from Boston who said he served in the U.S. Army and Marines, as saying he helped organize training programs for Muslim rebels in Afghanistan.
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