As an overland link between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan, the Salang Highway is the primary resupply artery for the 115,000 Soviet troops battling mujahedin resistance fighters in Afghanistan. Three and a half years ago, hundreds of Soviet soldiers were said to have perished inside the highway's 1.7-mile-long tunnel through the Hindu Kush mountains, following a collision of vehicles in a military convoy. Last week Western diplomatic sources reported that the same area was the scene of a bloody new calamity for Soviet and Afghanistan government forces.
It took place at Ollang, a hamlet three miles south of the tunnel and...
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