SOVIET MILITARY OPERATIONS PANJSER VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 22, 2010
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• Publication Date: May 23, 1982
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SOVIET MILITARY OPERATIONS
PAMSER VALLEY- AFGHANISTAN
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: SOVIET UNITS HAVE MOVED AT LEAST
30.5 NAUTICAL M LES INTO THE 67 MILE LONG VALLEY.
2. (S/D) REMARKS:. COMBAT OPERATIONS. CONTINUE IN THE PANJSER
VALLEY. COMBAT MANEUVER UNITS AND CONVOYS HAVE MOVED 30.5 NM
INTO THE VALLEY NORTHEAST OF JABAL OS SARAJ, AN ADVANCE OF AT
LEAST 7 NM SINCE THE ACTIVITY AT THE NORTHERNMOST 25X1
EXTENT OF THE COVERAGE INVOLVES A CONVOY TOTALING ABOUT
80 VEHICLES AND ELEMENTS OF AT LEAST ONE TANK COMPANY (CO) AND
ONE ARMORED CO. MOST OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS PARKED, HEADED IN A
SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, 2 NM NORTHEAST OF PESGHOR AT
35-25N 069-43E. THIS EQUIPMENT IS PROBABLY THE SAME LEAD
ELEMENTS IDENTIFIED AT 35-21N 069-36E IT IS 25X1
UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME HOW FAR THE SOVIETS HAVE ADVANCED TOWARD
THE NORTHERN END OF THE VALLEY (THE VALLEY IS ABOUT 67 NM IN
LENGTH) DUE TO THE LIMITS OF TODAY'S COVERAGE, AND THE FACT
THAT THIS CONVOY APPEARS TO BE HEADED IN A SOUTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION.
(S/D) SECURITY AND TRAFFIC CONTROL POINTS IN THE OTHER PARTS OF
THE VALLEY REMAIN ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED 25X1
THREE CONVOYS ARE IN THE VALLEY. ONE SMALL CONVOY OF 17 TRUCKS
AND FIVE ARMORED VEHICLES (HEADING SOUTHWEST) IS 1 NM SOUTHWEST
OF PESGHOR AT 35-23N 069-40E. A SECOND CONVOY WITH AT LEAST
11 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC) HEADING SOUTHWEST IS NEAR
THE TOWN OF TORHKA AT 35-16N 069-28E. THE THIRD CONVOY OF
31 TRUCKS AND ELEMENTS OF ONE MOTORIZED RIFLE CO IS HEADING
NORTHEAST NEAR ANAWA AT 35-13N 069-18E. THE TRAILING APC OF
THIS CONVOY IS ON FIRE, PROBABLY AS A RESULT OF INSURGENT
ACTIVITY.
(S/D) COMBAT UNITS IN THE VALLEY NEAR THE TOWNS OF QABEDZAN,
TCIRTIUG AND ANAWA REMAIN ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED SINCE
AND AN AIRBORNE UNIT IS STILL DEPLOYED 1 NM EAST
OF GOLBAHAR AT 35-08N 069-18E.
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(S/D) MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT GARRISONED
AT JABAL OS SARAJ ARMY CAMP SOVIET ARE STILL
OUT OF GARRISON AND DEPLOYED IN THE VALLEY IN SUPPORT OF SOVIET
OPERATIONS. A CONVOY OF 18 TRUCKS AND NINE TRAILERS IS ON THE
ROAD AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INSTALLATION.
APPROXIMATELY 100 OTHER TRUCKS ARE GROUPED NEAR THE NORTHEAST
SECTION OF THE INSTALLATION.
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