The World - News from Nov. 24, 1986

Hundreds of Soviet and Afghan government commandos overran a large guerrilla base at Maro in eastern Afghanistan, and the insurgents fled into the surrounding mountains, guerrilla sources said. They reported about 70 guerrilla casualties in more than a week of combat. In Kabul, meanwhile, diplomatic sources said that a large bomb exploded in what may have been an assassination attempt against the new Afghan strongman, Najib. President Babrak Karmal formally resigned last week, and Radio Kabul reported that Mohammed Tsamkani has been named to replace him as head of the Revolutionary Council.