Some old stories from The New York Times Afghanistan Reports 30 Dead On Plane Downed by Pakistan Reuters Published: Tuesday, November 22, 1988

Afghanistan Reports 30 Dead On Plane Downed by Pakistan

Reuters

Published: Tuesday, November 22, 1988

Thirty people were killed when an Afghan transport plane was shot down by Pakistan on Saturday, a broadcast on the Afghan Government radio said today.

It said the pilot had lost his way because of a technical problem during a flight from Kabul, the Afghan capital, to Jalalabad in the east and that he had sought help from the nearest airport in Pakistan.

''Not only was no help provided, the plane was shot down by the Pakistan Air Force,'' according to the broadcast, monitored in Islamabad.

The Pakistani Defense Ministry said Sunday that an intruding Afghan plane was shot down by ground fire near the northwestern town of Parachinar and that everyone on board had been killed. A ministry statement did not identify the aircraft or say how many people had died. [ The Associated Press quoted a Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying: ''The plane was asked to identify itself, and it didn't.

It was going deeper into Pakistan's territory when it was shot down.'' Protest Lodged

The Kabul radio broadcast said the plane had 25 passengers and 5 crew members on board, including women and children.

It said a ''severe protest'' had been lodged with the Pakistani charge d'affaires in Kabul.

The Pakistani statement on Sunday said that the wreckage of the aircraft fell inside Pakistani territory and that ''all its occupants were killed as it caught fire immediately on making impact with the ground.''

It was the fifth time since August that Pakistan reported shooting down intruding aircraft over the 1,400-mile border with Afghanistan.

The two countries are in an effective state of hostility over the 10-year Afghan guerrilla war, in which Pakistan has supported the anti-Communist rebels and provided havens for great numbers of Afghan refugees.

The Pakistani statement said that Pakistani airspace had often been violated and that the Afghan Government had been repeatedly warned that there would be consequences.

It added that United Nations officials had been asked to investigate the incident.

United Front Still Eludes Afghan Guerrillas; Pleas for Arms Go Unheard Eight Mysterious Explosions Threat to Pursue Guerrillas Burden of Caring for Refugees

By MARVINE HOWE Special to The New York Times

May 28, 1980, Wednesday

Page 3, 1121 words

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 25 Afghan rebel leaders have held private meetings here this week with much talk about unity, but the goal of a common political and military front for the rebels appears as elusive as ever. [ END OF FIRST PARAGRAPH ]

U.S. AIDE FINISHES TALKS IN PAKISTAN; Merchant Visits Afghanistan Next to Seek Accord

Special to The New York Times.

October 22, 1961, Sunday

Page 20, 346 words

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Oct. 21 -- Livingston T. Merchant, President Kennedy's personal representative, left this morning for Kabul. He held exploratory talks here with Pakistan's President, Mohammed Ayub Khan, and Foreign Minister Manzoor Qadir in an attempt to restore normal channels for Afghan imports and exports through Pakistan

MOSLEMS SAID TO KILL 130 IN REFUGEE CAMP

Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.

January 27, 1948, Tuesday

Page 17, 326 words

NEW DELHI, India, Jan. 26 -- An attack by Moslem tribesmen on non-Moslem refugees in a camp at Parachinar, in the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, was reported today to have resulted in 130 deaths and a number of kidnappings.

BRITISH BOMBERS DESTROY VILLAGES TO PUNISH AFRIDIS; Wreck Defense Towers and Houses After Warnings of Twenty-four Hours. RAID IS FIRST IN TIRAH AREA Fliers Map District Hitherto Avoided in Deference to SemiIndependent Status. TRIBAL UNREST SPREADINGOther Afghan Groups Join Uprisingas Cavalry Sweeps Invaders From Peshawar Sector. Villages Flee to Fields. Quetta-Sukkur Railway Cut. AFRIDIS IN FLIGHT; VILLAGES BOMBED Salt Again Causes Trouble.

Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES.

August 13, 1930, Wednesday

Page 1, 639 words

SIMLA, Aug. 12,--Stern retribu tion is now following in the wake of the retreating Afridi tribesmen whose raiding force of 5,000 to 10,000 warriors was scattered on the outskirts of Peshawar.

20 Killed in Afghan Shelling

Reuter

Published: Saturday, June 6, 1987

Twenty people were killed and 14 wounded in two bouts of Afghan shelling into the Kurram area of northwest Pakistan last weekend, the Pakistani news agency reported today. It said the Afghan armed forces fired 13 missiles on Saturday, killing 12 Afghan refugees and a Pakistani at Shalozan. About 200 artillery rounds were fired at Ghoz Garhi on Sunday, killing 7 Afghan refugees and wounding 12.

A version of this article appeared in print on Saturday, June 6, 1987, on section 1 page 3 of the New York edition.

Afghan Jets Kill 2 Refugees

REUTERS

Published: September 18, 1986

Two Afghan refugees were killed and five people were wounded in bomb and rocket attacks by Afghan jets in northwestern Pakistan, the Government said today. It said it had lodged a strong protest with the Afghan charge d'affaires in Islamabad against the ''unprovoked attacks'' Tuesday in the Kurram tribal administrative agency near the border with Afghanistan.