NATION : Muslim Rebels Shell Soviet Convoy
From Times Wire Services
MOSCOW —
Muslim rebels shelled a convoy of Soviet troops withdrawing from Afghanistan, killing a driver, Soviet television said today.
The attack Wednesday was the first time rebels had fired on a withdrawing convoy of Soviet forces in the final phase of their pullout, due to end Wednesday.
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