COMBAT OPERATION CHARIKAR/JABAL OS SARAJ, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 23, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/IEG (12/82)
23 DECEMBER 1982
COMBAT OPERATION
CHARIKAR/JABAL OS SARAJ, AFGHANISTAN
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A LARGE COMBAT-SWEEP OPERATION WAS
OBSERVED IN THE CHARIKAR AND JABAL OS SARAJ AREAS ON
IMAGERY
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE OPERATIONAL AREA IS SURROUNDED BY
MOUNTAINS AND EXTENDS NORTHWARD TO GOLBAHAR AT THE MOUTH
OF THE PANJSER VALLEY. INCOMPLETE COVERAGE PRECLUDED
ANALYSIS OF THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE OPERATIONAL AREA.
PREPARATIONS FOR TIIE CHARIKAR OPERATION WERE FIRST
OBSERVED WHEN ELEMENTS OF A SOVIET COMMAND 25X1
POST AND A PROBABLE AFGHAN COMMAND POST WERE IDENTIFIED AT
BAGRAM AIRFIELD COMBAT UNITS TO INCLUDE 25X1
MAJOR ELEMENTS OF TWO MOTORIZED RIFLE (MR) BATTALIONS, ONE
FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, AND NUMEROUS REGIMENTAL SUPPORT
(TIJTTC WFRR ALSO NEWLY IDENTIFIED AT THE AIRFIELD 0 25X1
ELEMENTS OF A FROGFOOT A SQUADRON, TEMPORARILY LORI
DEPLOYED AT BAGRAM AIRFIELD SINCE NOVEMBER, REMAINED
DEPLOYED AT THE AIRFIELD THROUGHOUT THE OPERATION. p 25X1
AN ARTILLERY FIRE SUPPORT BASE, WITH AT LEAST 25X1
SIX FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERIES ORIENTED NORTH, HAD BEEN
ESTABLISHED AT THE AIRFIELD. NORTHWEST OF THE AIRFIELD,
IN THE CHARIKAR AREA, A BATTALION-SIZE ARMOR FORCE,
VEHICLE TRACKS, AND CRATERING WERE OBSERVED 25X1
INDICATING THAT AN OPERATION WAS IN PROGRESS.
3. (SWN) I THE PRIMARY THRUST OF
THE OPERATION APPEARED TO BE IN THE JABAL OS
SARAJ/GOLBAE-IAR AREA. MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A SOVIET MOTORIZED
RIFLE REGIMENT (MRR) WERE DEPLOYED ALONG THE JABAL OS
SARAJ-TO-GOLBAHAR ROAD. ARMORED VEHICLES FACING SOUTH AND
EAST WERE POSITIONED ALONG THE ROAD PROBABLY FORMING A
BLOCKING POSITION ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE
OPERATIONAL AREA. THE DISPOSITON OF FORCES REMAINED
ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved
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NPIC/IEG (12/82)
23 DECEMBER 1982
THE OPERATION APPEARED TO HAVE ENDED. THE
FIELD ARTILLERY UNITS AND THE COMMAND POSTS AT BAGRAM
AIRFIELD HAD DEPARTED. MOTORIZED RIFLE AND AIRBORNE UNITS
WERE ALSO OBSERVED IN SOUTHBOUND CONVOYS ON THE MAIN ROADS
IN THE CHARIKAR AND KABUL AREAS PROBABLY RETURNING TO
THEIR GARRISONS.
3. (S) BE NONE, COORDINATES 35-02-OON 069-17-OOE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
Intelligence Sources
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