MILITARY ACTIVITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 21, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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MILITARY ACTIVITY
PANJEER VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN
1. SIGNIFICANCE: EVIDENCE OF IMPENDING SOVIET/AFGHAN SWEEP
OPERATIONS IN THE PANJSER VALLEY IS OBSERVED. THIS ACTIVITY
INCLUDES THE PRESENCE OF REGIMENTAL-SITED CONCENTRATIONS AT THE
ENTRANCE TO THE VALLEY NEAR GOLBAHAR AND EVIDENCE OF RECENT
BOMBING IN THE VALLEY. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE SOVIETS HAVE CONDUCTED BOMBINGS IN AT LEAST TWO
AREAS OF THE PANJSER VALLEY SEVERAL
LINEAR GROUPINGS OF BOMB CRATERS (ALL NOT ON GRAPHIC)
(GRAPHIC 2) ARE IN THE VICINITY OF ROKAH AND AN ADDITIONAL
GROUPING OF CRATERS IS NORTH OF ROKAH AT APPROXIMATELY 35-20N
069-28E. (SWN)
PREPARATIONS FOR THE MILITARY OPERATION INCLUDE A CONVOY IN THE
VALLEY, AND SOVIET AND AFGHAN UNITS ASSEMBLED IN THE GOLBAHAR
AREA. THE CONVOY IS HEADED NORTHEAST ALONG THE VALLEY TOWARD
ANAWA WHERE A COMBINED SOVIET/AFGHAN SECURITY FORCE REMAINS
DEPLOYED SINCE MAY 1982. THE CONVOY, OF APPROXIMATELY
200 VEHICLES, IS HEADED BY TANK MINECLEARERS AND CONSISTS
PRIMARILY OF CARGO TRUCKS WITH AIRBORNE AND MOTORIZED RIFLE
UNITS POSSIBLY PROVIDING SECURITY. (SWN)
A REGIMENTAL-SITED UNIT IS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF GOLEAHAR
(GRAPHIC 3, NOT ALL SHOWN). THIS UNIT CONSISTS OF TWO EMP
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC)-EQUIPPED MOTORIZED RIFLE (ME)
BATTALIONS (EN), ONE ETR-70/EOPB AFC-EQUIPPED MR EN, AT LEAST
ONE TANK COMPANY, TWO BMD M-1981/2 SELF-PROPELLED (SF)
GUN/MORTAR BATTERIES (ETRY), ELEMENTS OF TWO 122MM HOWITZER
D-30 ETRY, AND ONE PROBABLE 122MM HOWITZER M-30 BN. THIS UNIT
MAY BE AUGMENTED BY THE SOVIET SECURITY CONTINGENT NORMALLY AT
GOLBAHAR. THIS UNIT MAY ALSO BE AUGMENTED BY AFGHAN INFANTRY
SINCE THERE IS AN AFGHAN COMMAND POST ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF
GOLEAHAR. A DETACHMENT OF THE REGIMENTAL-EI2ED UNIT, INCLUDING
14 BMP AFC AND TWO TANKS, IS CONDUCTING RECONNAISSANCE
SOUTHEAST OF THE DEPLOYMENT AREA. (SWN)
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4-PART GRAPHIC
A SECOND REGIMENTAL -SIZED UNIT AND A LARGE ARTILLERY FIRE
SUPPORT BASE ARE BETWEEN JABAL OS SARAJ AND GOLBAHAR
(GRAPHIC 4, NOT ALL SHOWN). EQUIPMENT INCLUDES ONE EM P
AFC-EQUIPPED ME BN, ELEMENTS OF THREE BTR-70/60PB APC-EQUIPPED
MR EN (ONE IN CONVOY), ONE TANK BN, ELEMENTS OF TWO 152MM SF
HOWITZER BTRY, TWO 122MM HOWITZER D-30 EN, AND TWC MULTIPLE
ROCKET LAUNCHER (MEL) ETRY. AFGHAN UNITS ALSO IN THIS AREA
INCLUDE ONE 122MM HOWITZER M-30 BTRY AND AN INFANTRY UNIT. TWO
HIP HELICOPTERS ARE IN FLIGHT OVER THIS DEPLOYMENT AREA. (SWN)
A STAGING AREA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT JAEAL OS SAFAJ ARMY CAMP
SOVIET AND INCLUDES A PROBABLE
COMMUNICATIONS/COMMAND AREA WITH AT LEAST SEVEN TENT
10 POSSIBLE ELECTRONICS-ASSOCIATED VEHICLES, AND TWO HIP
HELICOPTERS. SEVERAL CARGO TRUCKS ARE NEAR THE AMMUNITION
STORAGE AREA. A SECOND MEL BRTY IS DEPLOYED NEXT TO THE
MEL BTRY NORMALLY DEPLOYED AT THIS FACILITY. (SWN)
EVIDENCE OF AN ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE SOVIET/AFGHAN SWEEP
OPERATION, UNRELATED TO THE ACTIVITY IN THE PANJEER VALLEY
AREA, IS ALSO IN PROGRESS IN THE HERAT AREA. ELEMENTS OF A
122MM HOWITZER D-30 BN, ONE MEL BN, A BTR-60/70 APC-EQUIPPED
MR EN, AND A TANK COMPANY ARE DEPLOYED ACROSS THE ROAD FROM
HERAT AIRFIELD AND MAY BE ORIENTED TOWARD THE 25X1
TOWN OF HERAT. AN AFGHAN BIVOUAC IS IMMEDIATELY NORTHWEST OF
THE AIRFIELD. A CONVOY OF APPROXIMATELY 35 TRUCKS IS HEADED
NORTH TOWARD THE TOWN. (SWN)
HERAT IS IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN APPROXIMATELY 55 NM SOUTH OF
THE USSR-AFGHANISTAN BORDER. (SWN)
3. EE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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