SOVIET AND AFGHAN SWEEP OPERATION KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 20, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A COMBINED SOVIET AND AFGHAN SWEEP
OPERATION WAS IN PROGRESS IMMEDIATELY SOUTHWEST OF
KANDAHAR
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE OPERATION APPEARED TO BE IN THE EARLY
STAGES AND CONSISTED OF BATTALION AND COMPANY SIZE
MANEUVER UNITS MOVING INTO POSITIONS TO ENCIRCLE A 5-BY
12-NM PROBABLE AREA OF OPERATION CENTERED ON 31-31-OON
065-20-OOE. A PROBABLE COMMAND POST WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF THE ENCIRCLEMENT AND ARTILLERY FIRE SUPPORT BASES HAD
BEEN ESTABLISHED BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE
ENCIRCLEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, SMALL SECURITY CHECKPOINTS
WERE AT CHOKEPOINTS ALONG THE ROADS/TRAILS NORTHEAST OF
THE ENCIRCLEMENT AND AT LEAST ONE TANK COMPANY HAD
DEPLOYED TN A BLOCKING POSITION ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF
THE ENCIRCLEMENT.
(SWN) FORCES INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION INCLUDED MAJOR
ELEMENTS OF THE SOVIET MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT AND
AIRBORNE BATTALION FROM KANDAHAR. SOVIET MRR BIVOUAC (BE
Attachment to Z -17180/ 82
NPIC/IEG (12/82)
20 DECEMBER 1982
SOVIET AND AFGHAN SWEEP OPERATION
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN
A PROBABLE AFGHAN MOTORIZED RIFLE BATTALION,
A TANK UNIT, AND ELEMENTS OF AN AFGHAN ARTILLERY REGIMENT
FROM KANDAHAR BKS CORPS DIV BN HQ A ORD DPO (BE
AND AIR SUPPORT FROM KANDAHAR AIRFIELD
3. (S) BE NONE, COORDINATES 31-31-OON 065-20-OOE
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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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