Afghanistan offensive | Socialist Action 1983

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A BIG Soviet offensive is Alabama. underway against rebel It took three guerrillas 30-second shocks of 1900 Afghanistan. Over the volts before Evans was past month Ine pronounced dead. around Herat has come Alabama department of correction spokesperunder heavy DOM bardment Soviet son Ron Tate said that the electric chair in quesplanes.

The offensive is one tion was probably more sign of a big escala- faulty - it had been suction of the fighting cesstully used to CIcCAfghanistan. trocute people Heavy fighting has previously. also been reported Evans 'probably had around the cities of Kan- some special resistance to dahar, Ghanzi electricity'. Mazar-I-Sharif near the During the execution Soviet border. a puff of flame erupted On April Soviet from Evans' temple and soldiers shot one man leg. during a demonstration Another person in the capital Kabul in due to be electrocuted on which hundreds of peo-