COUNTDOWN IN AFGHANISTAN
Developments Sunday as the Soviet Union moved to withdraw troops before Wednesday’s deadline under U.N.-sponsored accord:
Soviet soldiers handed over their last combat outpost, on edge of Kabul airport, to Afghan government troops.
Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman said that weather permitting, the remaining 6,000 Soviet soldiers will be out by Tuesday.
U.N. airlift of food, medicine and blankets to Afghanistan suspended after Ethiopia pulled out; Egypt dropped out last week.
Afghan government renewed two-year-old offer to negotiate with moujahedeen rebels.
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