Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Vitaly Smirnov" in English language version.
The ambassador, Mr. Vitaly Smirnov, told the right-wing Nawa-i-Waqt, that Pakistan was waging an "undeclared war" against Soviet-occupied Afghanistan which would invite direct military intervention from the Soviet Union and its satellites.
Soviet and Afghan soldiers fought together heroically, and in the final moment blew up the stockpile and themselves, said the Soviet Ambassador of Pakistan, Vitaly S. Smirnov, who protested the episode in Islamabad...This incident shows the increasing involvement of Pakistan in an undeclared war against Afghanistan, Mr. Smirnov said...Pakistan officials say the attacks are increasing as part of a Soviet campaign of intimidation...And so the Government, although not denying Ambassador Smirnov's assertion about the explosion, has refused to confirm it and probably never will.
Last October the Soviet Ambassador to Pakistan, Vitaly Smirnov, said that journalists or others who made secret visits to report on the Afghan situation would be killed.
