The World - News from Jan. 29, 1986

Soviet forces, using scores of tanks and supported by planes, attacked guerrillas in the eastern province of Nangarhar and drove them back, killing at least 30 rebels and wounding many more, Western diplomatic sources in Islamabad, Pakistan, said. The guerrillas said they destroyed six tanks, two helicopters and a jet in the Jan. 17-20 fighting. In the western province of Herat, Afghan government forces discovered a major rebel hideout and killed 120 rebels, the diplomats said.