a285  1914  25 Nov 84
AM-Afghan-Attack,0190
Kabul Says Afghan Rebels Launch Rocket Attack on Capital
    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Anti-Marxist rebels fired rockets at
Kabul, the Afghan capital, killing four people and injuring 17
others, the state-owned radio in Afghanistan said Sunday.
    The rebels are fighting both government forces and some 100,000
Soviet soldiers sent into Afghanistan nearly five years ago to help
the Communist government oppose the insurgents.
    In a broadcast monitored in neighboring Pakistan, Radio Kabul said
two sections in the southeast part of the capital, Qalai Zaman Khan
and Cement Khana, were the targets of an attack that began on
Saturday night and lasted into Sunday morning.
    The report claimed the rebels fired Chinese- and American-made
rockets but did not say how many. It said the rockets collapsed
several houses.
    Immediately after the attack, security forces fired ''long-range
rockets'' at the rebels, the broadcast said.
    In another development, Radio Kabul said three rebels were executed
Saturday after being sentenced to death by a special military court
in Ghazni city, southeast of Kabul. It said they belonged to the
Islamic Revolutionary Movement group and had attacked the Ghazni jail
and freed prisoners.
    
AP-NY-11-25-84 2209EST
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