The World - News from April 16, 1986

Hundreds reportedly were killed, wounded or captured during heavy fighting between Soviet and Afghan troops and Islamic guerrillas in southeastern Afghanistan after a major attack was launched earlier this month in three border provinces to stop the return of guerrillas who had spent the winter in Pakistan. Radio Kabul, the Afghan government radio, said in a broadcast Sunday that government soldiers killed about 700 guerrillas. And, in the capital of Kabul, authorities dramatically tightened security after a wave of bombings and after about 20 bombs were found in a Soviet complex, Western diplomats said.