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...were savagely put down by armor, helicopter gunships and Soviet-directed Afghan troops. First reports said that some 400 civilians had been killed, and hundreds wounded, in the crushing of the uprising, which began with cries of "God is great!" and "Down with the Russians!" around the 18th century Pul-i-Hesti mosque and in the nearby Chahr Chatta (four arcades) bazaar in the old section of the city. Rumors in the capital now have it that as many as 1,500 people were killed. Most casualties reportedly occurred in a two-pronged move by the Soviets across the Pul...
...count, which was published in the official English-language Kabul New Times two weeks ago, thousands of demonstrators were arrested. So far, says the government, it has released more than 2,000, many of them teenagers. Untold others are still detained in Kabul's grim Pul-i-Charki prison...
Other reports said that a major battle took place near the central blue-domed Pul-i-Hesti mosque, where Muslim worshipers coursed through the streets waving Islamic banners. At least 15 students were said to have been killed when the anti-Soviet demonstrations spread to Kabul University. Hundreds of women and children were reported to have taken to the streets and taunted Afghan security forces to "Kill us! Kill us!" Radio Kabul broadcasts that urged shopkeepers and civil servants to return to their jobs also instructed parents to come to the "west entrance of Government House" to pick...
...Shot Pul: 1--Pallozzi (BC) 50 ft. 6 in.; 2--Quantock (H) 49 ft. 3 1/2 in.; 3--Tron...
...second one-man show in New York last week, many of the portraits presented at the Coe Kerr Gallery were of animals. Referring to his painting, Pig, Wyeth observed: "Pigs are very moody animals who have great depressions. In fact, a guy who raises pigs told me lo pul a radio near the animal with some soft music. The pig just stood there, kind of swaying...