SOVIET MILITARY OPERATIONS PANJSER VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2010
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• Publication Date: August 26, 1982
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SOVIET MILITARY OPERATIONS
PANJSER VALLEY- AFGHANISTAN
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: THE SOVIETS ARE APPARENTLY PREPARING TO
RESUME LARGE-SCALE COMBAT OPERATIONS IN THE PANJSER VALLEY
(GRAPHIC 1 OF 3).
2. (S/D) REMARKS : A LARGE COMBAT MANEUVER UNIT CONSISTING OF
MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT (MRR) IS MOVING
INTO THE MOUTH OF THE VALLEY FROM GOLBAHR COMPLEX
COMBATANT LOGISTICS SUPPORT HAS BEEN INCREASEI25X1
AT ANAWA GARRISON SITE , AND CONVOY ACTIVITY HAc25X1
INCREASED INTO THE VALLEY NORTH OF ANAWA AND CONTINUES ON THE
SALANG PASS HIGHWAY. IN THE PANJSER VALLEY IMMEDIATELY NORTH
OF GOLBAHAR, A LARGE COMBAT MANEUVER CONVOY IS MOVING INTO THE
VALLEY (GRAHPIC 2 OF 3). THE CONVOY, APPROXIMATELY 2 NM LONG,
IS NEAR 35-11N 069-17E AND CONSISTS OF MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A
MRR. REGIMENTAL UNITS HAVE BEEN TASK ORGANIZED AND ARE SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE CONVOY FOR SECURITY. THIS COMBAT FORCE IS THE
LARGEST COMBAT MANEUVER ELEMENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE VALLEY SINCE
MID-JULY.
(S/D) IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF ANAWA AT ANA'IA GARRISON SITE, A
LARGE LOGISTICAL STAGING AREA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE
(GRAPHIC 3 OF 3). NUMEROUS VEHICLES. -INCLUDING 25X1
TWO BTR-60PB ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC), FOUR PROBABLE
APC, AND AT LEAST 72 CARGO TRUCKS, ARE IN CONVOY OFF THE ROAD.
AN ADDITIONAL CONVOY OF THREE APC AND 28 CARGO TRUCKS IS
SOUTHBOUND NORTH OF ANAWA, PROBABLY MOVING TO THE STAGING
AREA. ANAWA GARRISON SITE, WHICH HOUSES A COMBAT SECURITY
FORCE WHICH PROTECTS THE SOUTH END OF THE PANJSER VALLEY, HAS
BEEN A STAGING AREA FOR PREVIOUS SOVIET COMBAT OPERATION
SECURITY SWEEPS IN THE VALLEY.
(S/D) THE AFGHAN COMBAT UNIT AT BASARAK GARRISON SITE
(NOT ON GRAPHIC), IN THE TOWN OF QARYA-I-SAST, 25X1
IS STILL PRESENT. THIS GARRISON WHICH PROBABLY SUPPORTS A
SECURITY FORCE 1 NM NORTHEAST OF QARYA-I-SAST, IS THE FURTHEST
POINT OF USSR-AFGHANISTAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE VALLEY.
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(S/D) THE PANJSER VALLEY IS APPROXIMATELY 40 NM NORTHEAST OF
BAGRAM IN NORTHEAST AFGHANISTAN.
3.I I COORDINATES 35-08-20N 069-18-15E
COORDINATES 35-14-0011 069-22-OOE
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