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Over the top in the Hindu Kush. (Afghanistan)
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March 18, 1989
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Over the top in the Hindu Kush
THE town of Jalalabad, which the Afghan rebels have been trying to capture, is in flat country offering the defenders clear fields of fire. The foothills of the Hindu Kush, which flank the town, are 10-15 miles away, so the guerillas had to come out into the open. Witnesses said they behaved bravely, if stupidly. They captured a government post called Samarkhel, near Jalalabad airport. Then the guerillas ran pell-mell on to the airport without organising a concerted attack and were cut down.
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