The World - News from Feb. 19, 1986
Soviet air raids on villages near Afghanistan’s western city of Herat have killed or wounded more than 200 civilians, Western diplomatic sources said in Islamabad, Pakistan. The diplomats, speaking on condition they not be identified, attributed their accounts to reports from Kabul, the Afghan capital, and said the raids were carried out Feb. 7 and 8. They said heavy fighting followed the air raids and that guerrilla leaders reported that 170 Afghan soldiers were captured or had surrendered to the rebels. No guerrilla losses were given.
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