CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN GARDES-FRONTIERES AND THE AFGHAN
COMMANDOS








DOUCHANBE, March 7.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti ").  Beginning of this year,
the Russian guard-borders in Tadjikistan have ten times delivers
combat counters of the intruder weapons trying to cross the
tadjiko-Afghan border.  According to Alexandre Kondratiev, head of the
service of press of the Russian group of guard-borders in concerning
Tadjikistan federal Service of the borders of Russia, the
guard-borders have ete attacks has the weapon has five recovery since
the Afghan territory.

Alexandre Kondratiev has additions that since the beginning of this
year, the Russian guard-borders making their service has the
tadjiko-Afghan border have arrete a score of Afghan intruders.  They
seized more than 225 kilogrammes of heroin, more than 10 light
weapons, 4 shells has reaction, 7 ammunition encartouchees for
lance-grenade.