DATE=8/13/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-237019
TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S-UPDATE)
BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: TALEBAN JETS HAVE REPORTEDLY LAUNCHED RAIDS ON AN
OPPOSITION STRONGHOLD IN CENTRAL AFGHANISTAN. V-O-A
CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN HAS MORE ON THE STORY FROM
ISLAMABAD.
TEXT: INDEPENDENT SOURCES SAY THE WARPLANES ATTACKED BAMIAN,
HELD BY THE HEZBI WAHADAT OPPOSITON FACTION. THE BOMBING WAS
APPARENTLY HEAVY, BUT THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE DETAILS OF DAMAGE
OR CASUALTIES.
BAMIAN IS THE ONLY REMAINING OPPOSITION STRONGHOLD IN AFGHANISTAN
BESIDES THE PANJSHIR VALLEY IN THE NORTHEAST. THE TALEBAN SWEPT
THROUGH A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT OPPOSITION TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE
NORTH THIS MONTH AND HAD INDICATED THEY WOULD TARGET BAMIAN NEXT.
THE TALEBAN RECENTLY ATTACKED A PROVINCE BORDERING BAMIAN AND
HAVE BEEN BLOCKADING SOME ROADS INTO THE AREA. THE TALEBAN NOW
CONTROL MOST OF AFGHANISTAN. (SIGNED)
NEB/DAB/MMK
13-Aug-98 10:00 AM EDT (1400 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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