Russian and Tajik forces were reported to be hitting at pockets of Islamic rebel resistance near the Afghan border as Moscow stepped up a diplomatic drive to end the conflict, Reuter reports from Dushanbe. A senior Russian officer said the village of Vari, near the frontier, had been recaptured from the rebels by Tajik forces backed by Russian fire.
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