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Word: samarkhel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rebels quickly shut down the airport and overran a government garrison at Samarkhel, south of Jalalabad. But their frontal attacks on the city were repulsed. The fighting now consists mostly of duels between government artillery and rebel rockets that have led only to horrendous civilian casualties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Misplaced Optimism Despite | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

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