KABUL AGHANSTAN: guerillas stepped up a two week battle for the capital Feb.2, firing scores of rockets that killed at least 72 people and wounded more than 80, the state run radio said.
In Pakistan, United Nations officials said they had ordered non Afghan workers to leave an eastern Afghan province Tuesday after gunmen ambushed a United Nations convoy and killed four people, No one claimed responsibility, and two Afghan drivers also were killed.
Government troops have repeatedly attacked Hezb-i-Islami bases on the southern edge of the city. But neither side appears to have the advantage in fighting that has killed more than 300 people, wounded 1,500 and forced tens of thousands to flee since Jan.19.
Hezb-i-Islami’s leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has vowed to keep attacking the city until Rabbani and his Govt. step aside and agree to nationwide ¢lections within a year.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 5, 1993
