European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and  Friday september 6, 1985 afghan guerrillas taking heavy attacks by soviets world today Islamabad Pakistan a a soviet afghan task Force backed by air strikes and artillery is pounding rebel positions near the pakistani Border in a bid to crush the islamic insurgency in Afghanistan. Guerrilla commanders said they were holding Man positions thursday in Eastern Afghanistan s Pattia prov Ince although their firepower is limited. Both sides were reported to be suffering heavy losses. The soviet and afghan army Force is estimated at 10,000 to 15.000 men. Rebel chiefs said soviet commandos were operating within a mile of the pakistani Border across which the guerrilla supplies move and launching commando attack behind rebel lines with helicopters. The offensive is intended to regain rebel held areas i Southern Pattia province and to choke off supplies that move across the Border from refugee Camp just inside Pakistan. The Camps shelter millions of afghans who fled the soviet installed communist regime. Fierce fighting continued in Northern Pattia where so Viet armoured columns were trying to break through to the government held town of Khost rebel leaders said. Bost Gas been besieged by rebels for nearly a year. Afghanistan s official Kabul radio said the forces of president Babrak Karmal s marxist government bad smashed guerrilla units Southwest of Khost and inflicted heavy losses. It claimed rebel positions across Pattia had been overrun and  Leaden said their men were holding positions despite artillery bombardments and air strikes by soviet fighter Bombera. They said reinforcements were being rushed across the Frontier from Pakistan and said they were confident they could hold. No Independent confirmation of the reports is possible because Western journalists Are barred from the area. Soviet troops entered Afghanistan in december 1979, toppled the former communist government and installed Karmal. The soviet Union now has an estimated 115,000 soldiers in the country to fight the moslem insurgency. Professor Sayed Majroh director of the Independent afghan information Center in Peshawar Pakistan said the soviets apparently had reinforced the Garrison in Khost by flying in hundreds of troops and that units inside were attempting to break out and join soviet forces moving Down from the North. Refugee hospitals in Pakistan reporting receiving scores of wounded guerrillas. Hospitals in Kabul capital of Afghanistan Are full of wounded soldiers and More casual ties arrive daily at the Airport according to Western Diplo Matic sources. Pakistan s foreign minister Sahibzada Yaqub Khan Laid the soviets appeared intent on smashing guerrilla operations and he doubted the offensive was intended to intimidate Pakistan because of its support for the islamic rebels. Yaqub Khan said the insurgents appeared to be giving a Good account of themselves and described their pc for Mance As  2 French officers accused of murder transferred to separate . Prisons Wellington new zealand a two French army officers accused of lulling a Man in a mine attack on the Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior were moved to separate prisons thursday to Lessen the possibility of a Jailbreak. Prune minister David Lang said. Lange said it was highly Likely that French secret agents still were in new zealand and suggested there could be an attempt by them to free the couple. However be said he knew of no such plans. The Rainbow Warrior flagship of the environmental organization Greenpeace was sunk july 10 in Auckland Harbor by two Limpet mines attached to in Hull. A Green peace photographer was killed. The prisoners were identified As maj. Alain Marfat and Cape Dominique Prieur. Lange said the transfers were based on an assessment of what would be the least vulnerable situation in Case there was a desire on the part either of the accused or those connected with them to remove themselves from  they had been held at Auckland s mount Eden jail since their arrest in mid july. They Are charged with Mur Der and arson. Police said Marfat was moved to Par Moremo Maxi mum Security prison in Auckland while Prieur is at Christchurch women s prison 460 Miles away on new zealand s South Island. Mount Eden s superintendent Humphrey Stroud said there was concern that the French intelligence Agency the dose might hire mercenaries to free the couple from the old medium Security prison. Ii might want to Spring them out. It was a Factor in Security he said. New zealand police said they intend to press the French government to provide Access to three secret agents who surfaced in France after the mine attack. Spokesman Trevor Tozer indicated new zealand would ask for their extradition. The three vanished after chartering a yacht which sailed from new zealand the Day before the attack. Arrest warrants had been issued and Tozer said police were anxious to have the three frenchmen in custody. The French said All French agents involved in tracking the Greenpeace ship were innocent of the attack. In Paris Premier Laurent Fabius said wednesday that questions remain about the sinking of the Rainbow War rior arts the Greenpeace affair is not ended As Long As those guilty of linking the boat have not been  Mubarak names new prime minister after resignation of egyptian Cabinet Cairo Egypt a president Hosni Mubarak named a former finance minister As prime minister wednesday following the Surprise resignation of the coun try s 32-member Cabinet. Aly Lutfy one of Egypt s leading economists was named to the senior government Post shortly after an announcement that Mubarak had accepted the resignation of prime minister Kamal Hassan Aly after 14 months i office. The appointment of Lutfy who earned his doctorate at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland was seen As a sign the government plans to place renewed emphasis on solving the country s economic problems including a Large foreign debt shortages of convertible currency und rising prices. Lutfy who served As finance minister in the late1970s and Early 1980s, told reporters that his new Cabinet would concentrate on solving All the Peoples problems particularly the economic one. Lutfy 49, said the new Cabinet was expected to be sworn in saturday and would include no More than 10newcomers. He did not say which ministers would be retained. Information minister Safwat cd Sherif said Aly agreed to stay on in a caretaker role until the new Cabinet i sworn in. Lutfy acknowledged that Egypt is facing economic problems As is the Case with most third world  the government will concentrate in the next stage on solving these problems he added. Last month. Finance minister Salah Al Din Al Hamid and Central Bank chief Aly Negm met in Washington with executive directors of the International monetary fund to discuss Egypt s rising debt and poor economic status. The results of the meeting were never disclosed but Washington sources indicated the if was concerned about the country s indebtedness which some sources Esti mate to be As High As $25 billion. The . Congress has approved $4.7 billion in Aid to Egypt Over the next two years. President Reagan has not signed the Bill and the Money has not been appropriated. Aly is a 63-year-old former army commander with reputation As a Mubarak confidant. Cheery greetings Joanne us Trotwood age 20 of the from Tana  Scotland a Okonta be Protace at Princess of Wales with Ai excited Latte. Pit Charles dressed to Haj jaad Era Riat Wear Aad lad Diana in a whet and lace gown with Dia Bood Choker were attending a Charity beater performance to nto Money for the Aberdean Malc Noty Hoa Mitil China to tap Yangtze River As water source paper says peking a China plans to tap in greatest River the Yangtze to ease a chronic water shortage in Northern provinces the official English language China daily said. The first phase of the project which will take 25 Yean will Start before 1990 and involve a Channel from Yang Zhou in the East coast province of i angst to Dong Ping Lake in neighbouring Shandong province. It will protect 23 million people and More than 4.9 million acres of Farmland from drought the report Iii. Later phases will bring Yangtze water to peking Aad Tianjin both facing shortages because of increased de Mand and Low rainfall. The article gave no indication of the Cost of the Aba which will require widening the ancient grand canal net work digging new irrigation channels and stringing electricity transmission lines. Several million Are carriers of aids virus Agency says Geneva Switzerland Dpi there were around14,000 reported aids canes by the end of August but there Are several million More carriers of the virus capable of infecting others the world health organization said. With a Early cure unlikely who said the immediate task is to help sufferers As much As possible and Prevett through education and information campaigns any farther spread of the virus. The key to slowing the spread of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome virus is education and information of health workers individuals at High risk of infection an the general Public who said in a report. Alpinist who fell into Crevasse froze to death police report Bolzano Italy a an austrian alpinist froze to death after falling into a Crevasse in the dolomites North or this Alto adige capital police reported. The Man who was identified As Josef furling in 64,from Lien was climbing on the Palla Bianca Glacier in the High Venosta Valley. Rescue teams who recovered his body on tuesday said the Man did not appear to have been seriously injured inthe fall itself but was trapped in the crack and died from exposure to the freezing temperatures