The radio, monitored in Islamabad, said six American-made surface-to-surface rockets fired from the north had hit three districts of Kabul.

Iraq said it launched a surface-to-surface rocket at Isfahan in central Iran, one at the holy city of Qum and three into Teheran.

The ship contained surface-to-surface rockets, Chinese-made pistols and ammunition for Kalashnikov rifles and Toyota jeeps, all believed to have been shipped from Iran.

This launches a single 333 mm unguided surface-to-surface rocket to a maximum range of 10,800 m.

Two surface-to-surface rockets hit the al-Jomhouriwa Bridge over the Tigris River in downtown Baghdad.

Two other surface-to-surface rockets landed near a bus station, officials said, destroying two movie theaters and about 200 shops.

Muslim guerrillas, headquartered in Pakistan, said they pounded Jalalabad with surface-to-surface rockets in preparation for another major offensive.

Sarajevo radio reported heavy Serbian shelling of Maglaj again today as well as renewed attacks by Russian-made surface-to-surface rockets.

In a dispatch from Kabul, the Afghan capital, Tass said that in a period of an hour, "extremists" fired 21 surface-to-surface rockets into the city.

The 240 mm unguided surface-to-surface rocket is very similar to the rocket used with the Russian 240 mm (12-round) BM-24 system.