SOVIET MILITARY ACTIVITY PANJSER VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 17, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET MILITARY ACTIVITY
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1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: SOVIET AND AFGHAN FORCES CONTINUE TO
WITHDRAW FROM THE PANJSER VALLEY.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: MOTORIZED RIFLE UNITS WHICH P ED AT
CANGA , MO tHEL, KHANEZ, AND TAWAKH ON ARE NOW 25X1
IN A SOUTHBOUND CONVOY ON THE PANJSER VALLEY RIVER ROAD. THE
CONVOY IS BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF KORAWA AND TAWAKH AND CONSISTS
OF A MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT (MRR) (GRAPHIC 2).. EQUIPMENT
WITHIN THE MRR CONVOY INCLUDES A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 650
VEHICLES, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS
INTERSPERSED WITH TANKS, MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS, ARTILLERY
PIECES, AND NUMEROUS REGIMENTAL SUPPORT VEHICLES. THE
MOTORIZED RIFLE BATTALION, AT ANAWA GARRISON SITE (BE
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
PREPARING TO LEAVE. THE COMBINED SOVIET/AFGHANISTAN SPECIAL
FORCES UNIT AT QARYA-I-SAST AND THE MOTORIZED RIFLE COMPANY AT
BARANKHEL REMAIN IN GARRISON. IN ADDITION, A TANK COMPANY,
PROBABLY SERVING AS A SECURING FORCE FOR THE NORTHEAST FLANK OF
THE WITHDRAWAL, REMAINS JUST NORTH OF QARYA-I-SAST. THE
COMBINED SOVIET/AFGHANISTAN SPECIAL FORCE DEPLOYED AT
QARYA-I-SAST IS THE NORTHERNMOST COMBAT FORCE IN THE PANJSER
VALLEY.
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