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Afghanistan: earthquake and kidnapping reported

  • By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondnts Around The World
  • Edited By Anne Collier

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An earthquake that occurred Dec. 16 in Afghanistan was reported by the official Soviet news agency Tass Tuesday. More than 500 people were reportedly killed and 2,970 injured.

In a separate report from Islamabad, Pakistan, Western diplomatic sources were quoted as saying up to 16 Soviet civilian advisers were kidnapped from the Afghan town of Mazar-i-Sharif by antigovernment rebels last week - the third major rebel operation reported in less than a month. Mazar-i-Sharif is capital of a north Afghanistan province bordering the Soviet Union.

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