The World : Afghan Plane Shot Down

Pakistan’s air force shot down an Afghan combat plane that had penetrated six miles into Pakistani territory, the Defense Ministry said in Islamabad. A ministry statement said debris from the aircraft was seen falling in the mountains north of Miranshah on the northwest Pakistan border. It was the second intruding Afghan plane brought down by Pakistan in four weeks. Last month, Afghanistan confirmed in a Radio Kabul broadcast that an Antonov-26 transport plane was shot down, killing all 40 passengers aboard. The radio said, however, that the transport was over Afghan territory. Pakistan is home to thousands of Afghan refugees who have fled the country’s fighting between the Soviet-backed government and Muslim rebels.