The World : Top Afghan Rebel Killed

A prominent Afghan rebel leader who commanded guerrillas from a mountain base near Kabul has been killed by pro-government forces, his Pakistan-based party announced in Islamabad. Maulvi Shafiullah, a prominent member of Harakat-i-Inquilab-i-Islami Party, was killed about five days ago during a missile attack on his base in Koh-i-Safi Mountain, the party said. He was the second senior rebel military commander to be killed in the last four months as the result of a new strategy of the Soviet-backed regime apparently aimed at crippling the resistance leadership.