The World - News from Jan. 16, 1986
Pakistani gunners shot down an Afghan MIG-21 when it intruded a short distance into Pakistan’s airspace, officials in the Pakistani frontier city of Peshawar said. They said it crashed on the Afghan side of the border after being hit near Kharlachi, 95 miles west of Peshawar. A military spokesman refused to confirm or deny the report. Pakistan has warned Afghanistan that it would shoot down intruding planes attacking Afghan rebels who are based in and supplied from Pakistan.
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