SOVIET MILITARY OPERATIONS PANJSER VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: May 19, 1982
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SOVIET MILITARY OPERATIONS
PANJSER VALLEY- NISTAN
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: SOVIET FORCES HAVE ADVANCED 15 NM INTO
THE PANJSER VALLEY FROM GOLBAHAR (35-08-00N 069-17-45E) SINCE
PROBABLE 152MM SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZER BATTALION (BN) AND
ELEMENTS OF A MOTORIZED RIFLE BN (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC), WERE
2. (S/D) REMARKS: LEAD ELEMENTS, CONSISTING OF ELEMENTS OF A
APPRnacHTnrr, T}F TOWN OF TORKHA AT 35-18-15N 069-30-35E
IN TORKHA, BOMB/A:RTILLERY EXPLOSIONS AND
RECENT BOMB/ARTILLERY CRATERING WERE OBSERVED (GRAPHIC 3).
IN ADDITION, A MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER (MRL) BN (NINE BM-21
MRL AND NINE POSSIBLE GAZ-66 MRL), ELEMENTS OF A MOTORIZED
RIFLE BN, AT LEAST NINE POSSIBLE FIELD ARTLLERY PIECES, AT
LEAST 140 TRUCKS/VEHICLES, AND AT LEAST TWO TENTS (NOT ALL
ANNOTATED) WERE TACTICALLY DEPLOYED IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE
TOWN OF ANAWA AT 35-13-40N 069-21-45E (GRAPHIC 4). A SMALL
SECURITY UNIT WITH AT LEAST TWO ARMORED VEHICLES AND SEVERAL
TRUCKS WAS SECURING THE ROAD 5 NM SOUTHWEST OF ANAWA AT 35-
11-40N 069-17-05E (GRAPHIC 1, ITEM A) AND A MOTORIZED RIFLE
COMPANY (CO) AND ONE TANK CO WERE DEPLOYED ALONG THE MAIN
ROAD NORTH OF ANAWA AT 35-15-OON 069-25-30E (GRAPHIC 1, ITEM
B). AT LEAST TWO TANK CO WERE TACT:CALLY DEPLOYED
APPROXIMATELY 3 NM NORTHEAST OF THIS AREA AT 35-16-10N 069-
28-45E (GRAPHIC 1, ITEM C). RECENT IMPACT CRATERS WERE SEEN
NEAR THE TOWNS OF ASTANA AND QABEDZAN (GRAPHIC 1). ONE
COKE/CURL AND ONE HIP/HIND WERE IN FLIGHT OVER THE VALLEY.
NO ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED IN THE VALLEY
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