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WORLD, Page 35World NotesAFGHANISTANImpasse at Jalalabad
Despite repeated furious attacks, mujahedin rebels were no
closer to capturing the city of Jalalabad last week. They seemed
to be suffering from disorganization as well as an inability to
pull off major assaults. In one battle last week, rebel artillery
pounded the Soviet-backed government's positions at the city's
airport for hours at a time, but the several hundred guerrillas who
mustered to rush the defenses never got going -- the attack bogged
down under return fire and arguments within their own ranks over
how to attack across several hundred yards of open ground.
When tanks and MiG aircraft zeroed in on their positions, the
rebels fell back, taking an alarming number of casualties along
the way. Reviewing the failed encounter, a frustrated Rahim Wardak,
the battlefront commander of the National Islamic Front for
Afghanistan, concluded that the battle that began more than three
weeks ago "is turning into a stalemate."