DATE=6/22/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-250953
TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: IN AFGHANISTAN, THE COMMANDER OF THE OPPOSITION FORCES
HAS ACCUSED THE TALEBAN OF BOMBING THE MAIN OPPOSITION
HEADQUARTERS NORTH OF KABUL TUESDAY. CORRESPONDENT SCOTT ANGER
REPORTS THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE LEADER TOLD A WESTERN NEWS AGENCY
THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK.
TEXT: OPPOSITION COMMANDER AHMAD SHAH MASOOD SAYS TALEBAN
FIGHTER PLANES STRUCK THE MAIN STRONGHOLD OF THE NORTHERN
ALLIANCE IN THE PANJSHER VALLEY NORTH OF THE AFGHAN CAPITAL,
KABUL.
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH REUTERS NEWS AGENCY, MR. MASOOD SAYS TALEBAN
AIRCRAFT DROPPED DOZENS OF BOMBS ON VILLAGES IN THE VALLEY,
KILLING AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PEOPLE. HE SAYS THE BOMBING HAS
BEEN THE HEAVIEST EVER LAUNCHED ON THE AREA.
THERE HAS BEEN NO INDEPENDENT CONFIRMATION OF THE REPORT AND
THE TALEBAN HAVE REFUSED TO COMMENT.
MR. MASOOD LEADS THE STRONGEST OPPOSITION FORCE RESISTING THE
TALEBAN IN AFGHANISTAN.
SINCE TAKING CONTROL OF KABUL IN 1996, THE TALEBAN HAVE MANAGED
TO GAIN CONTROL OF ABOUT 90-PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY. THE
REMAINING TEN-PERCENT, MAINLY IN THE NORTH, IS CONTROLLED BY
OPPOSITION FORCES. (SIGNED)
NEB/SA/LTD/KL
22-Jun-99 11:27 AM EDT (1527 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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