The World - News from June 6, 1986

Afghan rebel sources said that at least 460 civilians and rebels were killed and hundreds more were injured last month during two weeks of fierce fighting in northern Afghanistan near the Soviet border. The sources said in neighboring Pakistan that messages from Faryab province reported a major battle between guerrilla forces and Soviet and Afghan troops in which at least 160 guerrillas and 300 civilians were killed. Kabul radio reported May 11 that there had been clashes in Faryab province, 250 miles northwest of Kabul.