The World - News from Aug. 14, 1986
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Angolan troops have killed 187 guerrillas in recent fighting in eastern Angola, the Angolan Defense Ministry said. Government forces also captured two rebels of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, which is backed by South Africa. Angola said earlier that 40 South African troops helping UNITA were killed. UNITA, led by Jonas Savimbi, said that only Angolan rebels, and not South Africans, were battling Angolan troops.
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