The World - News from March 5, 1986
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Afghan rebels shot down three Soviet helicopters on successive days last month around Kabul, Western diplomats in Pakistan said. Four Soviet soldiers died in the crash of one of the copters. The diplomats also reported at least six unexplained explosions and exchanges of small-arms fire in the Afghan capital last week and said that two Soviet soldiers were killed earlier by a bazaar shopkeeper.
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