Afghan Rebels Down Transport

Afghan rebels using a U.S.-made Stinger missile shot down a Soviet-built transport plane today, killing 12 people aboard, Tass reported from Afghanistan.

The Soviet press agency, quoting Afghanistan’s Bakhtar information agency, said the Afghan Antonov-26 was hit over the Dera-Mangal region as it flew between Kabul, the capital, and the city of Khost near the Pakistani border. Tass said all seven passengers--including two children--and five crew members were killed. It did not say whether there were any survivors.