The World - News from Sept. 23, 1985
Afghan rebels claimed they shot down an unidentified Soviet transport plane last Tuesday, killing 26 soldiers. Rebel sources in Pakistan said they hit the transport with a SAM-7 missile at Massai, nine miles south of Kabul, the Afghan capital. The report was not confirmed by independent sources.
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