SOVIET MILITARY OPERATIONS PANJSER VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2010
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• Publication Date: August 30, 1982
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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A MAJOR SOVIET i1ILITARY SWEEP OPERATION
CONTINUES IN THE PANJSER VALLEY.
2. (S/D) REI TARES : A LARGE COMBAT MANEUVER UNIT IS ADVANCING INTO
THE VALLEY NORTH OF ASTANA GARRISON SITE
SOVIET AIRMOBILE ASSETS ARE CONDUCTING A PROBABLE INFANTRY
INSERTION APPROXIMATELY 30.5 NM INTO THE VALLEY, AND SOVIET
FORWARD ELEMENTS APPEAR TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH REBEL
FORCES. LOGISTICAL CONVOYS ARE OBSERVED IN THE AREAS OF
GOLBAHAR AND QARY-I-SAST. MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A SOVIET MOTORIZED
RIFLE REGIMENT (MRR), INCLUDING TWO tIOTORIZED RIFLE BATTALIONS
AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT ELErMMEN"ITS, HAVE ADVANCED NORTH OF ASTANA
IN THE VICINITY OF 35-22N 069-34E (GRAPHIC 2).
(S/D) A PROBABLE SOVIET AI"RHOBILE INFANTRY INSERTION IS
UNDERWAY NORTH OF PESGHOR IN THE VICINITY OF 35-2511 069-42E,
WHERE AT LEAST SIX HELICOPTERS (THREE ON GRAPHIC) ARE IN LOW
LEVEL FLIGHT ALONG THE VALLEY FLOOR (GRAPHIC 3). THESE
HELICOPTERS i1AY BE PART OF A HELICOPTER ATTACK REGIIIENT WHICH
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ORDER-OF-BATTLE HAS DECREASED AT BAGRAM, BUT GROUND SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT FOR THIS UNIT REMAINS AT THE AIRFIELD, SUGGESTING THE
UNIT MAY BE CONDUCTING TEMPORARY OPERATIONS. A SIMILAR
DEPLOYMENT OF A HELICOPTER ATTACK REGIMENT JAS AT BAGRAII FROM
(S/D) A PROBABLE AFGHANISTAN REBEL POSITION IS SUSTAINING
PROBABLE ROCKET FIRE FROM AT LEAST TWO HELICOPTERS IN THE ?TILLS
SOUTHEAST OF PESG.IOR NEAR 35-23:1 069-42E (GRAPHIC 4).
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(S/D) ELEMENTS OF AN ADDITIONAL MOTORIZED RIFLE BATTALION ARE
IN CONVOY ON THE ROAD NORTH OF QARY-I-SAST ADVANCING TOWARDS
TORKIIA. A SMALL MOTORIZED RIFLE UNIT, COMPRISED OF
APPROXIMATELY 28 VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, REMAINS IN
DEFENSIVE POSTURE AT TORKHA. IN ADDITION, A SMALL PROBABLE
LOGISTICAL UNIT IS FORMING INTO CONVOY FORMATION IMMEDIATELY
SOUTH OF GOLBAHAR AND MOVEMENT CONTROL CHECK-POINTS REMAIN IN
POSITION AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY.
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