AFGHANISTAN SITUATION REPORT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96R01136R001202250003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2013
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 17, 1984
• Content Type: REPORT

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Afghanistan Situation Report
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SOVIETS CONTINUE OPERATIONS IN THE SHOMALI
Major operations are alread underway in the Shomati area north
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CORDOVEZ ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE
Kabul's latest proposal is a step back from last year's Soviet-
Afghan position on troop withdrawals and almost certainiv is
unacceptable to Pakistan.
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This document is prepared weekly by the Office of Near Eastern and South
Asian Analysis and the Office of Soviet Analysis.
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SOVIETS CONTINUE OPERATIONS IN THE SHOMALI
According. to US Embassy sources, the Soviets bombed several
villages and conducted ground operations in the Shomali last
week, inflicting high civilian casualties. Insurgents from the
Panjsher Valley and Paghman areas were involved in the fighting,
and resistance was fierce. Guerrillas reportedly shot down a
helicopter over Shakardara on 10 or 11 April and destroyed a
large number of armored vehicles.
desertions from Afghan forces are higher than in Previous
campaigns in the area.
Current Soviet operations in the Shomali may be the prelude to
a larger offensive against resistance forces north of Kabul. The
Soviets may try to move units garrisoned in Kabul and Bagram
through the Shomali area to the Panjsher Valley. They probably
will attempt to mass troops around the valley in an effort to
interdict insurgent supply and escape routes before striking.
CORDOVEZ ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE
UN Special Representative Cordovez told the US Ambassador in
Islamabad that the main accomplishment of his recent discussions
in Tehran, Kabul, and Islamabad was obtaining an Afghan proposal
for two-track negotiations--Kabul and Islamabad would negotiate
about ending outside interference while Kabul and Moscow
negotiated the withdrawal of Soviet troops. The Pakistanis
however, still refuse to negotiate with Kabul.
la primary objective of the trip was to keep
the talks going. ordovez, who has returned to Kabul, hopes
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there will be enough progress to justify another round of
indirect talks in Geneva.
As Cordovez knows, the alleged "concessions" by the Soviets
and their Afghan allies is a further retreat from the position
they held last year that troop withdrawals could be the subject
of negotiations between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan
almost certainly was not taken in by this ploy, and Cordovez
probably returned to Kabul last week in an effort to secure
additional Soviet/Afghan concessions.
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-- Afghan tribal leader Habibullah Karzai publicly announced that
he released a captured Soviet junior officer to the ICRC for
incarceration in Switzerland. This is the 11th Soviet prisoner
the ICRC has received since May 1982.
-- On 28 May three Soviet prisoners released to the ICRC by
Afghan guerrillas will complete their two-year sentences in
Switzerland.
- According to the Soviet press, President Chernenko served in
the border guards in the 1930s near the Afghan or Chinese border
displaying bravery and skill in battles against bandits.
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