SPECIALIZED MOUNTAIN TRAINING FACILITY JABAL OS SARAJ ARMY CAMP SOVIET, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: August 31, 1982
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SPECIALIZED MOUNTAIN TRAINING FACILITY
JABAL SA ARMY CAMP SOVIET, AFGHANISTAN
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A SPECIALIZED MOUNTAIN TRAINING
FACILITY WAS IDENTIFIED WITH THE SOVIET MOTORIZED RIFLE
REGIMENT AT JABAL OS SARAJ ARMY CAMP SOVIET ON IMAGERY OF
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE TRAINING FACILITY CONSISTS OF A LOG,
OBSTACLE COURSE, THREE MOUNTAIN TRAINING TRAPEZES, MOUNTAIN
TRAINING UNIT BARS, AND A MOUNTAIN TRAINING PERSONNEL
TUNNEL. THE PRESENCE OF THIS TRAINING FACILITY APPEARS TO
FURTHER UNDERSCORE THE SOVIET PRACTICE OF USING SPECIALIZED
UNITS TO PERFORM SPECIAL TASKS IN AFGHANISTAN. THE
TRAINING FACILITY WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN JULY 1980 AND
FEBRUARY 1981.
(U) JABAL OS SARAJ IS 36 NM NORTH OF KABUL NEAR THE
MOUNTAINOUS SALANG PASS AND PANJSER VALLEY.
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COORDINATES 35-06-18N 069-10-41E
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