AFGHANISTAN SITUATION REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85T01058R000507180001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 18
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 17, 1985
• Content Type: REPORT

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Afghanistan Situation Report
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NEW COMBAT EQUIPMENT AT TOWRAGHONDI
The new supplies of combat equipment that arrived
at Towraghondi--a transshipment and storage area--
are probably intended to replace equipment lost in
recent heavy fighting around Herat, and do not, in
our view, point to an increase in the number of
Soviet troops in Afghanistan.
At a recent press conference, insurgent spokesman
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar announced that a new
resistance council had been formed to represent
the resistance abroad and focus international
attention on Afghanistan.
The new head of KHAD, Lieutenant General Ghulam
Faruq Yaqubi, is a confidant of former KHAD head
Najibullah and will probably protect Najibullah's
power base.
Although several countries may raise their food
contributions to the refugees, aid is still likely
to fall short of what Islamabad claims it needs to
cope with the recent increase in the refugee flow
from Afghanistan.
17 December 1985
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AFGHANISTAN: THE INSURGENT'S MEDIA WAR 7
The insurgents are trying to improve their
Afghanistan propaganda efforts both inside and
outside in order to increase support for their
This document is prepared weekly by the Office of
Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis and the
Office of Soviet Analysis. Questions or comments
on the issues raised in the publication should be
Unless major developments warrant otherwise, we will
not publish the Afghanistan Situation Report the next
two weeks. The next report will appear on 7 January
1986.
17 December 1985
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In Kabul, several insurgent bomb blasts between 8 and
11 December caused heavy casualties, according to the
US Embassy in Kabul. One bomb near the airport
exploded among a group of Afghan soldiers preparing to
be airlifted to Qandahar; casualties were as high as
50-65, with many more wounded.
17 December 1985
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