KABUL: Islamic guerrillas took advantage of a fragile ceasefire

marking the fourth anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

yesterday to loot the homes of Kabul residents. In the shell-shattered

western suburb of Afshawr, government mujahideen fighters picked through

deserted homes and shops and carried away refrigerators, carpets and

blankets. The rumble of rockets and artillery shook the southwest near

the abandoned Russian embassy despite a ceasefire announced by the

Islamic government and its radical Hezb-i-Islami opponents.