AFGHANISTAN SITUATION REPORT

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CIA-RDP85T00287R001302330001-1
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18
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December 22, 2016
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September 30, 2010
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1
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Publication Date: 
November 20, 1984
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/04: CIA-RDP85T00287RO01302330001-1 Directorate of Intelligence Afghanistan Situation Report F NESA M 84-10302CX SOYA M 84-10202CX ovem er i Y64 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/04: CIA-RDP85T00287RO01302330001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/04: CIA-RDP85T00287RO01302330001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/04: CIA-RDP85T00287RO01302330001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/04: CIA-RDP85T00287RO01302330001-1 TOP SECRET AFGHANISTAN SITUATION REPORT The average price of basic food items in Kabul is 16 percent higher this year than two years ago. ARAB DELEGATION ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE INSURGENT DISUNITY Resistance leader Sayyaf closed his Peshawar office following the efforts of a delegation from Saudi Arbia, Kuwait, and the UAE to reconcile dissension among the resistance groups. 20 November 1984 NESA M 84-10302CX SOVA M 84-10202CX Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/04: CIA-RDP85T00287RO01302330001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/04: CIA-RDP85T00287R001302330001-1 PERSPECTIVES SOVIET STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN: ATTRITION OR CONSOLIDATION NEW WRINKLES IN SOVIET STRATEGY The Soviets are shifting from a stra egy of attrition toward consolidation in Afghanistan. SOVIET TACTICAL FLEXIBILITY AND STRATEGIC CONTINUITY Soviet resources in Afghanistan are too ,limited tO implement a broad consolidation strategy in the near term. This document is prepared weekly by the Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis and the Office of Soviet Analysis. Questions on the issues raised in the publication should be directed 20 November 1984 NESA M 84-10302CX SOVA M 84-10202CX ii Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/04: CIA-RDP85T00287R001302330001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/04: CIA-RDP85T00287RO01302330001-1 TOP SECRET eo rgench oodUt~ v.._c_~ BADAKHS KAPI auntnar k0 f1Aq/, i,n f,'~ "! Bhmibn _ PABvAty .. - ~i tar'" Sharai ZABCff i Ronal