Afghan Colonel Slain in Ambush, Rebels Say

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Muslim rebels said Sunday they ambushed and killed an Afghan army colonel and nine soldiers on the main road linking Afghanistan’s capital and the besieged eastern city of Jalalabad.

The Soviet news agency Tass, meanwhile, said guerrillas launched another attack on Jalalabad over the weekend with rockets and artillery, killing 10 people and injuring 16. It said considerable damage was done to the city and that the cities of Herat and Gardiz also were under fire.

The Muslim resistance fighters, known as moujahedeen , are backed principally by Pakistan and the United States. They have besieged Jalalabad since March 6, three weeks after Soviet troops ended nine years of intervention.