Agence France Presse, January 05, 1994
Copyright 1994 Agence France Presse
Agence France Presse
January 05, 1994 Afghan-crash
SECTION: International news
LENGTH: 227 words
HEADLINE: Four Afghan generals killed in helicopter crash
DATELINE: ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 0740 07:40 Eastern Time 010594
BODY:
Four Afghan generals allied with former Communist strongman Abdul Rashid Dostam
were killed in a helicopter crash near northern Mazar-i-Sharif Tuesday, an Afghan
embassy spokesman said Wednesday.
Moallim Zaher Shah, briefing reporters in the bordering Pakistani city of Peshawar,
said those killed included general Abdul Momin, a senior military commander
from northern Afghanistan, and General Hilal Uddin, who was in charge of the
coup leader Dostam's airbase in Mazar-i-Sharif. The generals were returning
from Hairatan river port to Mazar-i-Sharif, he said.
The diplomat did not give names of other officers but said they were close allies
of Dostam who rebelled against President Burhanuddin Rabbani's government on
New Year's day.
Shah said heavy fighting was still raging in Mazar-i-Sharif and government forces
shot down two of the four aircraft which had flown from their northern Shibarghan
base to bomb Kabul Tuesday.
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