ISLAMABAD, Sept 23, Reuter: Pakistan said Afghan Air Force Bombers made another raid across the border on Friday, killing five people, including four children.

State television quoted an official in Dir District in the Northwest as saying 16 planes penetrated 40 km (25 miles) into Pakistan around midday and bombed two villages.

Several people were also injured, it said.

It was the fifth time this month Pakistan has accused the Soviet backed Afghan Government of bombing its territory.

Several people were also injured, it said.

It was the fifth time this month Pakistan has accused the Soviet backed Afghan Government of bombing its territory.

Kabul has vehemently denied the charges, accusing Pakistan of fabricating them to cover up its own violations of the 2,250km (1,400 mile) long border.

Pakistan Air Force Fighters shot down a soviet warplane on August 4.over Pakistani territory. The pilot was captured and later returned to the Soviet Union.

Pakistan says its F16 fighters hit three more intruding aircraft from Afghanistan earlier this month but has been unable to produce the wreckage.

A Pakistani official said all three were hit at high altitude and the wreckage was believed to have fallen on the Afghan side of the frontier.

In other bombing raids this month at least three people were killed, according to Pakistan.

The two Governments have been at odds over the 10 year old Afghan Guerrilla War in which Pakistan supports anticommunist rebels based here.

The war or words has hotted up in recent weeks in advance of the U.N. General Assembly’s annual debate on Afghanistan, expected early next month.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Sahabzada Yaqub Khan is due to protest about the alleged air raids during the debate.

Kabul for its part has accused the Pakistani Army of taking an active part in the fighting in Afghanistan, sending advisers to help the Moslem guerrillas.

The Deputy Commissioner of Dir District reported that one man was killed and several killed when four bombs were dropped on a village, Pakistan television said.

Later four bombs fell on a second village, killing four children between the ages of seven and 10, it said.

Article extracted from this publication >> September 30, 1988