From: fayegh@cs.ubc.ca (David Fayegh)
Subject: Afghanistan News Flash
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 22:10:48 GMT

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From: OMARS@auvm.american.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.afghanistan
Subject: News Flash
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:19:45 GMT
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center


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Received and edited by Omar Samad on 4/14/92:

The following two news items were just received from Reuters and Agence
France Presse news agencies:


1-  The forces of commander Ahmad Shah Massoud have started to advance
    towards Kabul. The two strategic towns of Jabolsaraj and Charikar fell
    into the hands of Massoud's forces yesterday and the Afghan Air Force's
    main air base at Bagram is now surrounded by the Mujahedeen. All three
    locations are closely situated to each other and are located 60 Km (about
    40 miles) North of Kabul. This mujahedeen offensive comes at a time when
    U.N. envoy Benon Sevan is shuttling between Islamabad, Kabul and Tehran
    to finalize the latest proposals dealing with the establishment of a
    temporary 15-member council which is expected to take power when Najib
    is said to relinquish all powers by the end of April. Ahmad Shah Massoud,
    also known as the "Lion of Panjshir," is a legendary Mujahed commander
    from the region of Panjshir in Northeaster Afghanistan, who is famous
    for his military and administrative skills, and for his resilience and
    resistance to almost a dozen major Soviet offensives against his forces
    between 1978 and 1989. Massoud is currently a member of Afghanistan's
    Coucil of Commanders and has control over one third of Afghanistan's
    territory, mainly in the Tadjik populated areas of the country.


2-  In a meeting held in Kabul yesterday, Najib, the leader of Kabul's
    Marxist regime asked the military officer corps to cooperate with
    the future leadership council which is expected to take power once
    he (Najib) relinquishes all powers some time in the next few weeks.
    Najib made this plea as a precautionary measure to discourage any
    attempts by radical elements within the army and air force who may be
    planning a coup d'etat to subvert the UN peace plan.

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From: OMARS@auvm.american.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.afghanistan
Subject: News flash update

This is an update of the news flash posted this morning:

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     The BBC and other reliable international news agencies are now
     reporting that only hours after the advance of commander Ahmad Shah
     Massoud's forces towards Kabul, and the capture of the towns of Jabolsaraj
     and Charikar, and the seige of the Bagram Air base, Bagram has now
     fallen into Mujahedeen hands. There are reports of waves of Kabul
     regime troops defecting to Massoud's side and little resistance shown
     on the part of Najib's forces. These latest reports do however mention
     that so far the latest events have not been independently confirmed.
     It is worth mentioning that the Bagram Air Base is located about 40 miles
     North of Kabul and is considered as a vital military base of important
     strategic value.

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