Afghanistan News

July 11, 1998 




Voice of America

INTRO: THE AFGHAN ISLAMIC PRESS (A-I-P) SAYS 2000 TALEBAN FIGHTERS HAVE MANAGED TO BREAK THROUGH FRONTLINES IN NORTHWESTERN AFGHANISTAN AND CAPTURE A KEY DISTRICT FROM OPPOSITION NORTHERN ALLIANCE FORCES. AN OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN CONFIRMS HEAVY

4 Rockets Hit Afghanistan Airport

Saturday, July 11, 1998; 5:37 a.m. EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Opposition soldiers pounded Kabul's airport with four rockets today, just one day after the United Nations announced it was suspending flights into the battered capital.


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