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Jamiat i-fslami Afghanistan Post Box No 264, G P 0Peshatvar-Pakistan

FOU AFGI-211.143 TO INDIIiiTS which has been iwpoted on us.We Je ::_fghans areengaged in a war it introduced ,analien did not 411Q th e:0=moun.i.st.coup of 1978 because threat to ourreligion, culture and inde- way oflife to us. It posed a the ,:ovuLunist used forceand peladerce, Rixt Nikeresisted peacefully but These were internal pro- 6e were compelled to take armsand fight back. 11.:e those in yourcountry. for liberation In 1979 the ':ed Armyentered Afghanistan. Cur wax people of the world to suppi. started. We expectedall the peace-loving j-aternational laws conCexlaillii art us because allthe accepted other countries and thelLght respects non,intezzaxencein the affairs of govqrnuent were violatedby a of the people todetermine their type of allies of the third world.coutrie. super power(the so-called natural India, and Seilths and Since we have commonhistoric relations with business classin..Aighanistan. .:Undus minorities werethe previliged governrient (without amoment of hes- Je expected theIndian people and supported the people ofAfg. itation) to have rejectedthe invasion and against Anericaninvolvement hanistan. To Indiawho had been outspoken their independentpolicy in -7ietnam, it was atesting ground to show andtheir true non-alignedstatus. the Indian governmenttook is not 2.ut we are sorrythat the position They even abstainedto vote in what the People ofAfghanistan expected. for the withdrawalof foriegn favour of thoseresolutions which asked have informationthat Ind- troops fromAfghanistan. Worse than what we becoming more abul and even theirmilitary advisors are , Ian diplomats in Delhi has become involved in the waragainst the peopleof Afghanistan. dis- agents to the Westand the centre of the oring board of Khad shape and that issending information. iTow anotherconspiracy is taking show that the pupet reg- so-called Indian nuslimdelegation to l',abul to and puppet regime cannot res- ime is respectingIslamic values. Soviet guns. They do pect Islam but theyrespect the powerof the Lujahideen and tempels. not res-aect our mosquesnot your mosques 2.ilnal

Je are not inviting Indians to declare.war against the Soviets. dhat we want them to do is to show their unhappiness about the invasionof an independent country and the suffering of millions of its innocent people. You can be a friend of some one but, at the same time tell him about what he is doing wrong. The present Indian government policy towards Afghanistan is the following of the Soviet's path and it is a great shame if the largest democracy in the world is following the biggest dictatorship of the world. THE SITUATION IN MAZAR-E-SHARIF

Lazar Sharif is famous for its organized and effective resistance against the Soviet invaders. This city which is very close to the Sov- iet border has been the scene of Eujahideen activities against the Sov- iets and their puppets. An eyewitness who has just returned from the area recently descr- ibed the situation good. Lujahideen parties reached an agreement on escalating the war against the Soviets and their puppets. Since then the level of activities in the form of raids, ambushes and assassina- tion of the enemy agents has increased. In order to control the city better, the Soviets built 30 wide streets in the eastern part of Lazar and are building security posts along these streets., A lot of houses were demolished and Lujahideen lost some of their hideouts.

1,.ujahideen of Mazar use the time-bomb effectively. For example, two buses which were carrying Afghan pilots from the city to the air- port were blown up last summer and 23 pilots were killed. The puppet regime built houses in a relatively secure part of the city to accommodate communist officials. They called this new section After Fujahideen intensified their attack against this area, they started to let ordinary people settle there. This was done tc dissuade Lujahideen from attacking the area. a result of the martyrdom of a rujahideen urban Commander which happeriedlast summer, the level of fighting inside the city had gone down considerably, but now his Lujahideen have returned back and the level of fighting has risen again. The martyred Commander was rohammad Seddique belonging to Jamiat Islami of Afghanistan. The Soviets are trying to secure Lazar by building a big road all round Lazar city and by putting security posts all along the road. They call this green belt" . Lujahideen are fighting to stop it from being built. The witness said that the Soviets have extended a power transmission line from the Soviet Union to Lazar. It seems that the Soviets are afraid of 107mm ground-to-ground rockets and have started to build bunk- ers to protect themselves. L-Ladio 3alkh which is controlled by the puppet regime is broadcasting in local languages. Lujahideen do not have any means to fight the enemy propaganda. 3-- NEWS roW4,411,1.0w01.11116.6.40camina 26-12-1985 After severe clashes the enemyretreated from Jaravvalleyand the garrison of ZLeraman was evacuated.Dara is a side valley ofFanjshir. 25-12-S5 The enemy launched a winteroffensive against Lujahideenin Shemali. Lujahideen in Charikar, Jabulsaraj,.Kohistan and 1:apisa haveresisted well and the enemy has sufferedcasualties. Ho details have beengiven yet. Bombardment of Salang from air andground continues during bothnight and day. One Jet was shot downin Nowoch village of Salang.The poli.. tical Commissar of regiment 32has been killed in recentfighting in the Panjshir.

7-12=85 Vujahideen of Jamilat in Kohistanattacked a security outpost ofGul- bahar TextileFactory. A big number of the enemy troops were killed or -rounded. Two guns were captured. OneLujahid was martyred during the operation. :i-85 Lujahideen of Jamilat Islani ambushed an enemy convoyon Salang highway between Jabalsarj-Charikar section. Three AFC's and 4 trucks were destroyed.Ten Soviet soldiers werekilled and seven others were wounded andthe road was blocked for onehour.

3-12-85 Lujahideen attacked Charikar city withheavy weapons, 12 Communists mere killed and 20 others werewounded. All the puppet regime'soff- ices in the city remained closed on thatday. ANOTHER SOVIET CAPTURED

1:Aljahidebn of jamiat in Eazar captured aSoviet soldier in Earmul area in the first week of November. No moredetails have been given yet.

THE NEW SPOKESEAN OF THEALLIANCE

s,ayed Ahmad Jailani, the leader ofNational Islamic Front of Afghan- istan was chosen as the spokesman of theIslamic Alliance of Lujahideen of Afghanistan for 3 months, fromJanuary 1st 1935. He will lead the Alliance delegation tothe Islamic countries (foriegn ministers conference) which is going to beheld in iorocco. de wish him every success in his newjob.

A BRAVE OFFICER

Dagram is the biggest Soviet airbasein Afghanistan. 3agram in the past has been altacked-from outside byLujahideen or from inside by muslim officers. -

Eohammad In the month of Saratan(Jun-July) of 1965, captain Dost tried to set a time-bombin a cinema hall inside thebase where the Soviet officers were supposed towatch a film. He was betrayedby a soldier who washelping him do the job. The Soviets tortured him to exposehis friends. He admittedinvolve- ment in the bombing andsaid that he had carried outthis this type of operation in the past.He did not reveal any ofhis friends and said that he had directconnections with Dajahideen frontsoutside the base, no body from amongthe officers was helpinghim,

The brave officer told theSoviets that he is not sorryfor his past if he is freed he wouldcontinue to do these types ofthings. Soviet-puppet alt He was executed indaylight in front of the whole force personnel in the base.Peace be upon him. CaptainDost Lohammad affiliated with Jamiat Islami was from :lohistanof 7,apisa province and of _fghanistan. SIGNS OF FAV.INE IN N.WAFGHANISTAN

-aeort from Ghoor and3adghis provinces, located inthe North-West in these areas. luj- of :,fghanistanl-say thatthere are signs of famine ahideen leaders are worriedabout the food situationin these areas. The famine in the area is theresult of Soviet scorched-earthpolicy and killing cattles. of burning harvests,destroying irrigation channels worsening of the -:ac.: of enough rain fallis also contributing to the situation. The resistane in these twoprovinces have been veryactive in the past seven years and thercIs good coopertion ong ujccenof the area. voLojt1..o,2 14-4 1- IEWS

J4aii.t3am Afehaviltan Poi BOX No 264 G P 0 Peshairar-Pakietta

BASELESS OPTIMISM After the summit talks between the super powers andthe proximity talks in Geneva one could see increasedoptimism among the media about a political settlement for the Afghanissue. This optimism was'based on the way that the Sovietsexpressed their view about Afghanistan in the summit talks and thechange of tone in the Soviet official media.Littl;i' attention was paid to what they were saying. Soviet leaders who knowthe desire of the world for peace started to play on this noble wish,to mint- mize political pressure en them. The Soviets were softtowards America and did not accuse her of having hundreds oftraining bases along the borders of Afghanistan. No softness was shownto- wards the Afghan people On the military side war is continuing on aneven higher level than in previous years. The Soviets insistence on direct talks between the puppet regi:-,2e and Pakistan is part of their plan tu get recognitionof the puppet regime and give nothing in return, The offer of direct talks is an attempt-to put pressure on the Pakistan government to change its position. It is apolitical offensive to relieve the Soviets from the pressure ofdefeat in the U.N and the consequences of the U.N Human Rightscommission's repor t on violation of Human Rights in Afghanistan.

Therefore the change is superficial and is part of apolitical game not a real attempt to solve the problem. N E. Y S

FARIfAB PROVINCE 19-42-1985 $ujahideen of Jamiat attacked amilitia post in Maimana -andvnp- . Lured 24 militias with their weapons.The commander of themilitia osit was killed, In a iotheroperation which took placeon Jan.3th Mujahideen Wiped out an enenty poetand captured 12 guns,

,..___1-11286area _ Mujahideen af .Jamiat attacked. the puppet regime's poet inQA4A4r. muff.. PiStri.Gtr 35 people were capturedwith 50 guns. Mujahideen *red no casualties and the casualtiesof the ether side. werenot e mentioned in the report.

According t.o Mujahideen sources amilitia commander, called, Jere had been killed by Mujahideen in Faryab. Someweeks ago thi .puppet regime reported that Jora has joinedthe regime force along with his followers.

!AR.WAN PROVINCE .

Because of the failure of the. previous.rrfenssiye against Che' Mali which, was launched.en DO. 5th, to -a:ava face, the enemylawn shed a new offensive againstCheniali on January 3rd. Mu jah4deen of - Jamiat fought verywell and about 150 enemysold4- heavily and .era were'killed or wounded. The enemy bombed the area without discrimination as a resultof which 100 civilians-including women-and children were killedanda large number ofhouses were - destroyed, ...... ,...SALANG 2 -1 -86 Mújahideen were able to put time- .bombs in enemylogistic convoys in Haft Tanoorof Salang. These bombs explodedduring the night as a result of which20 tanks and 2 D30 artillerypieces were destroyed.Fourty Soviet soldiers werekilled. Aerial bombardments around Salang arevery intense andon Jan- uary 3rd, 3 r4ujahids weremartyred and two were wounded.There

are also civilianscasualties, . KABUL PROVINCE

2.1 -12 -85 Mujahideen attacked the enemybase in Sorabi District withground. the to ground rockets which causedlosses in life and property on enemy side, Jta.WZJAN - PROVINCE 24 -11 -82 Mujahideen of Jamiat in alçchaDistrict set a titre -bomb inthe pipe -line which carriesgas from Afghanistan to the Soviet Union. It caused intensedamage and for three days theflow of gas in the pipe-line was stopped.. 3 Wirsorogra

BAGHLAN PROVINCE - 1-12-85 ..a.*.--

Mujahideen of Jamiat attacked a militia.post in Shashant a. side Valley of Andarab District.'After7 hours of fighting 90 .militias including their commanderwere captured. Mujahideen captured the'follawing weapons: 1- One-82mm mortar with 60 rounds. 2.. Thirty-six AK-47 guns. 3- Fifty-four Carabine guns..

. 4. One R-105 communication set.

Five tanks were set on fire, 4 militiaswere killed and five others injured, One Mujahid was martyred during the operation. Some clothes and food stuff.were also captured.

AFGHAN CAUSE SABOTAGED IN 1.0.0

The Islamic Organizatiop. Conference isa. forum in whiph the problems of the muslim worldare being disoussed. Since the begining of the Soviet invasion, this organization has passed resolutions in support of thecause of the people of Afghanistan. The Problem with 1,0.0 is thata few Arab mountries, like Lybia, Syria, South Yamen and the PLO usually try toshow that support for the cause of Afghanistan undermines thecause of Pale- stine In the recent conference for the foriegn ministersof Islamic countries in Morocco, thecause. of Afghanistan was sabotaged both by the Soviet Union through its friends in.the conference, and the U.S.A who threatened Lybia with military andeconomic actions on the eve of the. conference. The friends of the Soviets exploited the situation ina. good way to divert the attention of the conference towards the so-called U.S attack on Lybia. The Mujahideendelegation presented their ease to the conference anda resolution was passed in support of the people of Afghanistan, but the Afghan issuewas not given its proper importance..

We reject the view of the so-called radical states whosay that the Afghan cause undermines theimportance of Palestinian problem and think that the massacres of Sabra andShatilla by- Zionists are as painful as the massacres of the people of Afghanistan by the

Red Army. - American policy makers acted emotionally, chosinga wrong time for their compaign against Lybia. The only winner in th&s.game was - the. Soviet Union who avoided strong criticis; andcondemnation of their atrocities in .ilfghanistan withoutbeing directly involved in it. {

2 9 JAN 1986

-Jacaiwts'.tatrdú Afgbaoïttan Pose 254, G P 0 Paehaortrr-Pakisian

NERIC61.,_ TREATNSF.ABR9e.

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the resistance against them' continued for more than six years. Bach year the war escalates and atrocities reach new heights. Qt high. altitude bombers, SU-25 jets and T zv-24 Helicopters in urinate bombardments caused many deaths and injuries. The use of ersonnel mines of different types is a major reason for amputations.

The launching of successive offensives causes numerous injuries. 1935 witnessed an increase in the number of people killed` or d. The medical situation inside the country is not very good. primary treatments, patients must be carried to Fakistan for fur - reatment. In Pakistan some are treated but others -cat not receive r help because of lack. of experienced doctors, proper equipment d: =ding.

ß names it necessary to treat these brave people abroad. Treatment dents ;overseas :weans:

k A Ìriendly gesture from the host country tov+rards a nation which is

fig for, its survival. . anftarian aid for a needy,person. giving publicity to a just cause, opportunity for the host nation to see the Soviet atrocities ei.r ova eyes. al support for millions who suffer but who will feel that they r left alone in their struggle. fi, message to the soviets that the free people of the world can not renaiñdifferent about these crimes against the innocent Afghan people.

f the countries in the world have condeLned the Soviet invasion tan bn, dozens of occasions. Now the time has cane for these o extend their humanitarian supportby treatingsome wounded i_ Afghans have been treated abroad in. the past but more is the Soviets have not stopped their atrocities. NE W S

KtJI?DiJZ PROVINCE

Soviet-D forces attacked asab village in Chardara District Fighting took --lace between them and the Uujahideen. .fout 30 soldiers were killed or wounded. Two Lujahids were injured.

15-- 12--35

Soviet --ßï:ßforces launched an offensive against l:ujahideen of Takhar. The enemy forces were composed of 500 tanks, ArCs and trucks which were supported by Jets and Helicopters. The enemy .was to attack the i.ujahidin in Talugan area first and then proceed to Ferkhar, Kalafgan and Kishm. Iujahi.deen of Ja= =fiat in Talucan fought well, 15 tanks and trucks were destroyed and 30 enemy soldiers and officers including Soviets were idler?. Four i ujahids were martyred and six others were wounded. Twelve civilians were also martyred. The enemy force enetred Farkhar. The iujahideen continued to resist. :give tanks were destroyed by land mines.

I ujahideen performance aAd cooperation in this engagement was admirable '>s a result of this operation many villages were destroyed. The aerial bombardments of the area is still continuing.

Farkhar is a district of Takhar , Kalafga,n is a subdistrict of Takhar and Kishm is ú district of :_adarkhshn province located between Takhar and Faizabad the provincial capital of 3adal_hshan province.

l'IANGARHAR PROVINf;E

On 2lth of January a group of refugees from the North of Afghanistan , enrouteakistan, were attacked by Soviet planes in Ghawgeez area of Iesw arak district of Iangarhar province. Eleven persons including children .women and old people were killed and a b:ig %number of them were injured.

These types 'of shameless actions are in conformity with the general policy of genocide which Soviets are carrying on in Afghanistan.

EUJA áIDEEN D'i:Li?GIaTIOTI RECEIVED

The president of the Islamic _:epublie of Iran, kyatullah I honanaey, received a delegation of ï :ujahideen on January 4th and exchanged views with

thee~;_ . The I_ujahideen delegation was headed by prof.3..,abbani, leader of Jamiat Islaa_i Afghanistan.

The president praised the people of ghanistan for their struggle . He rejected the idea of talking with the puppet regine. Ne mentioned that any solution to the problem of Afghanistan can not be achieved without the

participation of Afghan people . It should be noted that more than one million j:.fghan refugees are living in Iran, and we have historical, cultural and religious ties with Iran- ians. Iran strongly supports the participation of iujahideen inany dial- ogue for a peaceful settlement to the problem of Pfghanistan. s-sk' ss,sss.s.sss 7.stisl s`i

sisTaas AS ACTIVE AS BROTHERS

Cur enemy, the Soviets, are teaching that Iliujahideen are reactionaries who do not treat their women.wefl and deprive them of politicalcultur- al and educational activities. They do this to justify their invasion. On the other hand some iesterners also think ina similar way and are hesitants to support the Eujahideen wholeheartedly. ihile Soviets propaganda is part of their totalwar against ,:Afghans the ..westerners's doubts are based on lack of enough knowledge ofIslam and nature of nfghanistan resistance. Cinple facts reject these theories. Janiat Isla7ai is branded bymany rest:2==s as a funda:aentalist party. This organization has wanenisitbra- nch and is running girls school in Pakistan. The women's brailch, has a monthly paper called 'ilbmenatthe muslim women. sss.-sss Me only differencebetween our education system and that which is-com- non ÌT the west is the observation of the cultural values of our People.

Afferent types of clothes do, not haveany relationship with education. - Cur sisters are as active in the support of ,7ehadas our brothers.

FILifi CENTER OPENED

Jamiat Islay opened a Film Centre on January sixth. The purpqse of the centre is to train young war cameramen and photographers to bring films ' from inside the country and send them to the rest of the world.So far there has not been a system to do this regularly.

In the past sone T.7 conpanies have sent teams insideand sore freelance journalists also went to bring films and photographs.3ut for such a big war and vast country these teams are too few. The Centre is new and does not have proper equipment. aut the main point about this L'entre is that its instructers have experiencesin T.7 and camera worn., and have the ability to train good studentsand are determined to work inside the country. Jamiat isiami feels that establishing sucha centre is a step forward to inforlAng the world about the difficultiesour people are facing in their struggle against the Soviet invaders and theatrocities they are connitting against the Lfghan people.

naterial support in this direction isfully appreciated and serves th2 puenpose of more publicity for the .r.fghancause. VOL .II NO. 4

DATE, b ï 986 NEWS

Jamiat ilsl.ami Afghanistan Post Box No 264, G P O Peshawar -Pakistan

FOOD FOR INSIDE

In order to live one needs to eatfood. Shortage of food and famine threaten Afghan nation and many cause furtherdisplacement of the population. Unlie Africa, shortage of food and signs offamine in Afghanistan has been caused directly by the Soviet Union.The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 caused a nationwideresistance and led to the expansion of nilitary operations all overá.fghanistan. When the Soviets discovered the close link between the people andthe resistance they adopted the inhuman scorched-earth policy. The purpose of this is to force the peopleof Afghanistan to surrender to the invaders or leave the country.This has led to the disp- lacement of more than four million people tothe neighbouring countries and two million inside the country. Lt the begining of the war people gavematerials support to the I':uj -- ahideen but as time passed they become poorert.nd poorer and many have lost all they had. The resistance which depends onthe people faces the problem of taking care of those who lost everything. The presence of them is necessary for the continuationof an effective resistance. These brave men, women and children like to stayin their country and struggle for its freedom. 3ut to be able to live they need to eatfood, they can not cultivate the land the way they were doing in the past.The oxen have been killed, seed is burnt and fertilizer is not available.When they do manage to cultivate, if an offensive began, enemy Jets andgunships flyover and set the harvest on fire.

To relieve their difficulties ànd enable tostay in their country they need external support. suffering as much as oth- In __<-fghanistan there are areas which are not ers and which can grow food to feed theneighbouring hard, -hit areas. All provide the Soviets food and other essential commoditiesfor the towns under their control and the Lujahideen and people in theliberated area are able to buy food from the market. assaTaa2 therefore food is available but at higher prices. Transportation of food from outside, except for the border area is an economic and dangerous job. The solution is cash for food. iujahideen in most areas have developed a civil administration system to distribute funds for food and collect reports and accounts. -Lh (?. problem is to convince the relief organizations that these programmes can be conducted efficiently and with great effect.There is now enough experience in this field for the reasonable donor can put.his confidence in the successful organization of this aid. The only problem remaining is making the decision to help the needy people inside the co untry. NEWS BALKH PROVINCE 24-11-05 In an ambush in Ifarmoul (10 km from 1:Azar city) Eujahideen. from Jamiat killed 12 Soviet soldiers and capttred one. (this news was reported by Lfghan News without the date).

25-11-35 L)uring a successful operation, kujahideen from Jamiat destroyed ten Com- munist regime tanks in 3alkh District. aight ¿K-47s were captured and some enemy soldiers were killed.

29-11-35 ujahideen attacked militia posts in Charsang village (near Nazar city). They captured 15 militias with 13 different types of guns. X5-12-35 11.1jahideen attacked the Communist regime's district headquarters of Da- wlat Thad with a 107 ram rocket. The enemy suffered great losses. No details have been reported.

27-11-.05 iujahideen from Jamiat in 3alkh distriCt ambushed an enemy convoy and destroyed six tanks and AFC's. Eleven íK-47s were captured in the operation. mm-m---12-35 In an engagement between Lujahideen and Communist forces which continued for 1/1 hours, 5 tanks were destroyed bx No casualty figures from either side have been given. the report. Fighting took place near "Hee- wadi 1=alas poosha and two helicopters were also shot down.

17-12-35 Two officers and one soldier of the Communist regime killed Si :t nu- ppet regime officers and, joined Ilijahideen with 3mdifferent types of weapons. The incidett took place in Shoolger district. The enemy retaliated by launching an attack against Eujahideen. Fighting continued for ten days. Two A.:-.3s and four trucks were destroyed. No casualty figures from either side axe given in the report. N -,rt? ,46 "

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23-12-35 Lujahideen attacked the enemy post in Kaldar district.Twenty sold- and some ammu- iers joined Eujahideen, they brought with them 31 guns . nition. HERAT PROVINCE ,

It is reported that the 3oviets, aftertheir last offensive against Herat city, planted anti-personnel mines along the routescoming to the city and established some nosts to protect the city.l'ujahideen cleared most of the mine fields, during the clearingoperation some Euja- hids were killed .

19-1-86 i-ujahideen attacked the newly established posts of lawlanaJami 41eafil imam Fakhri ..azi headquarters and inflicted great losses onthe.enemy. During the operation, 30 ,K-47s and five heavy machinguns were captured. The enemy posts were wiped out from the area. TAKHAR EROVINCE "me--29-12-35 I ujahideen attacked post No. 6 of Khuja Ohardistrict. Fighting continued for 3 hours, six Communists were killed and two P-PSHmachinguns were captured. One Lujahid wasinjured. The next day the enemy bonbed the villages which caused some material losses. THE ET= LAST OFFEITSIVE IN SHETALI

Afghan News reported on the enemy offensive against Shemilli.How we have detailed reports of what happened. The enemy forces which had gathered in 3agram wanted to clearthe road between 3agrale and the garrison in Kapisa. Lujahideen fromJamiat under the command of Ohaheen engaged the enemy neax ibdullah Zurgbridge (this bridge is on the x-anjshir river). They were stopped for a three days. The enemy three directionalattacks which were an attempt to encircle and destroy the. Eujahideehfaced severe resistance The enemy air forces and long-range artillary pounded the area. ¡Tine posts were established between the garrison and3agram. Lujahideen attached these posts and forced them to leave the area. Ls a result of the fighting in this area 35 tanks and trucks weredestroyed anc: about 203 enemy soldiers (Soviets and theirpuppets) were killed or wuended. A-ye soldiers (from the Communist regime) joined theLujahideen, 2 e70 guns and sore food were captured. Four Pujahidswerevmartyred and seven others wounded. 25-12-35 eujahideen from Jamiat in Kohistan under the Comiv.and ofDoctor Haqbin attacked a puppet post of Gulbahar Textile '.i1l. The postsuffered caS ualtieo. Two Soviet tanks and one :'had Jeep which were supposed tobring reinforcements for the posts were ambushed and destroyed. Lmongthose were killed was an important officer of thelocal Khad, 74" -4 - In a separate incident in Oulbahar on the 27-12-05at the mounth of the 'eanjchir valley, Lujahideen killed 13 tarsal troops including anofficer. On the 26-12-05, the enemy launched a massive attackedagainst the guj- ahideen oositions in lephband of Kohistan. LujahideenUnder the command of 3ahlool ambusheid the invading forces andinfiiçted great losses on them. 3nemy planes which were bombing laijahideenpositii4ns hit their own positions by mistake and about 30 were killed (thanLs ujandeen from Jamiat in Jabul Saraj under the command of brigadier Jai- lani carried on the following operations; on 25-12-35, the enemy tried to encircle the area fromGulbahar to Tap-i par-f,ar of I'.ohistan but faced Lujahideen resistance.Fighting coiktinued for 5 days, 23 soldiers incldding a Soviet officer werekilled ànd the enemy failed to achieve its aim. 20-12-35 ujahideen from Jaiat in the Lattak area (between Jaul Saraj andChar- . ikar) killed two militias _end wounded 'one.

21-12-:A5

They ambushed a Soviet convoy, killed 9 Soviets, destroyed onetank and . four trucks full of aemunition. One i'ujahid was injured . Theseoperation took place on the Labul Salang highway. On 25-11-35 the enemy launched its offensive against eujahideen positionsin the flat parts of 'Earwan province. Aerial and artillary bombardment was very severe which caused much destruction.Casualties among civilians Were high. Lujahideen froel Jamiat under the command of haji ilnayat resisted well. One hundred enemy soldiers were killed and/ tanks and trucks were destroyed by :e-O fire. z'our i:ujahids were martyred and 20 othersinjured. Three and some ammunition were captured. 1312-35 Iujehideen from Jamiat in Totam-Dara under the command of Hukum Khan (who carried signe of more than one hundred injuries on his body) attacked militia posts and killed and wounded a large number of men. Two ee-47s gun and some ammunition was captured. eujahideen resistance in agram was good. The conclusion is that enemy failed to achieve its aim of increasing its post in the area and retreated with many casualties. oordination between Jamiat groups was good and Commander Lasoud is happy about the performance of Hujahideen. Casualties among civilians due to indiscriminate bombardment was heavy and people lost their houses and properties. "

NO TO ZIONIST, VICIOUS DESIGNS

Jamiat Islami of Afghanistan condemnsZionist violation of the sanctity of the Holy Loscue of Al-Acsa. The people Of fghanistan who arededicateduslims are deeply hurt by _ionist acts which degrade thethird holiest moscue of Islam. The world should wake up and defenditself against all foriegn designs against itself. Lip service to i'alestine, could not helm that nation and could not free the holy landfrom ,t.ionist occupation. Div- isions among members of theuslim wotld is one of the reason for our failure. Zut :ore destructive is lack offaith for the cause of Islam.. Officially muslir. countries support. Palestineand the liberation Qf _71sa Los-iue but people are notready to make anysacrifices for it. This naive approach has encouragedinvaders and aggressors to continue their occupation of ?alestine and:-.,fghanistan and create the tragic events of South Yemen. The solution toall these problems .is honest adherence to Islam and readiness to takethe necessary sacrifices. DESTRUCTION EESSEPGER OF DEATH AND ------Do.,Lmunism is ths, =eesenger of death anddestruction. This is true about South Yemen. _ fghanistan, ;J:thopia, Angola, Cambodia and Communism showed its ugly face in the eventsof South Yemen.

, .ore thanten thousand people were killed infighting between the con- ::unist factions. South Yemen being the onlyCommunist state in the Arab world is a close ally of the SovietUnion. The Soviets have strategic interestsin South Yemen. They had a large number of military advisors in the country.The situation in South Yemen is si±iliar to the 1973 Soviet invasionof ,-:fghanistan. The future leader a000inted in i_oscow condemns theprevious leader as a ,:-acist element e -pledges to be a faithfulfollower of Loscow policies. TheSoviets installed another labrak armal in south Ye= whiledeceiving the world by evacuating their civilian citizens.All this happened when the Arab world was kept busy by the so-called'American invasion of L:ibYa The Soviets are becoming sophisticated intheir policies while the rest the world consoles themselves withhollow promises of Soviet leadership for peace. NEWS A Bivve°ekly.Post Box Bulletin No 264, Of Jarni`atPeshawar Islami - Pakistan. Afgl-kanistari Vol. II, Ne. S , I /.4,/18r5.

CPIONS OF BIG LIES

On the 68th birthday ofthe Red Army Viladimir Govoxov,Deputy Minister of Defence forthe USSR said:" Soviet Army and navy have never and will never be usedagainst pther peoples'.

In fact what the Sovietarmy has done in the past has been against other nations and it hasinterfered in their affairs.Several national movements havebeen crushed in Sovietblock countries under the name of defendinga socialist country againstan imaginary outside threat: Afghanistan is a living example , for six years the So- viet army has been engaged in a ruthless, immoraland unjust wax against the .people of Afghanistan. This aggression has caused thedeath of half a million people and the displacementof more than 4 million refugees. The Soviet army has destroyed villages, degradedholy places and looted the property of thepeople.

The Soviet army has provedto be one of the most barbaric,immoral and indisiplined armies of the world. They donot'respect anything and do not spare the lives of any infiocent civilianor even the animals . They do not believe inany values so they do not know any limit for their atrocities. The Soviet leaders may say any thing and can give hollowpromises to;thei world. Butthe facts reveal their truenature.

Before the invasion of Afghanistanthe Soviets could deceivesome simple- minded people, but after seven years of involvement ina small peaceful, non -aligned neighbouringcountry it is difficult to hide behind slogans. 2

GHOOR PROVINCE Jan-12-196'.8._...._.. Soviet --DRA forces attacked Tolak district which is located close to Sheendand Airbase..tlujahideen resisted the invading forces. Eight tanks and APCs, two oil-tankers and one truck were destroyed either by land mine or RFG fire. Twelve $oviet'soidiers were killed and 4 DRA soldiers joined Mujahideen with their weapons. Ten Mujahids were martyred.

Jan - 15--86 D`ujahideen attacked an enemy post in Tolak district, As a result of Mujahideen fire seven Communists were killed. Ihujahideen. captured 5 guns. One Mujahid was martyred during the operation. Mujahideen are facing a shortage of food in this area. 3-12-85 A late report from Ghoor says that the enemy forces' launched a massive attack on Ghoor province.'The invading forces which was composed of several hundred ATVs and was protected by Helicopters and Jets, roved from Shindand, a Soviet base in the west of Afghanistan. The aim of the enemy was to re-establish Shahrak district headquarters. Piujahideen from different parties jòined together to attack the enemy. A large number of enemy armoured cars and trucks were destroyed. Cas- ualties among the enemy soldiers viere heavy. Sixty D2A soldiers joined Mujahide; ?n. Four Helicopters were shot down. Unfortunately Mujahideen from the area do not have cameras to photograph the helicopters which

were Shot down. .- It shoulc be ,lentioned that Ghoor 2rovince has sixdistricts and one sub -district. Four districts and one sub- district are completelylib- erated and the enemy has a minor kpresence in the two other districts. I.ujahideen'and the people in the Glloor are facing a shortage of food.

Jan=e --86 Fourteen Soviet Jets bombed Mlujahileen controlled areas of Chekh -Cha- rai the provinìcial capital of Ghoor, for one hour. They dropped 400 different bombs including cluster and incendary. Two Mujahids were martyred and four others injured. A large number of cattle belonging to,poor people of the area were killed as a result of this bombardment. The weather is cold and aerial. bom:aardments occur frequently. The .people are facing great difficulties

This report was written by Gl+ularn Itab;7ani Ghafoori Mujahideen Comman-

der in the area. TCAPLSA P DVINCE Feb-1-86 After a :evere artillary bombardment of the area,the enemy armoured units wanted to pass fsbdull- i --3urj bridge. The purposeof this attack was to establish security postsalong the road from BagramAir Base .. to Muhmoud Raqi (the provincial capital of Kapisaprovince) and free there to ' Textile Mills of Gulbahar - at the mouthof the Fsnj- shir valley. The enemy attack continued for six successive days. The intensity _q the attacks were unprecedented. Fifteen tanks, APC$ and trucks wegp

- destroyed by RPG, Recoilless rifles, mortars and pines. After sixdays the enemy was forced to retreat from their newly established posts, One hundred fifty energy (Soviet & DRA) soldiers were killed orwounded. Two Mujahidsweremartyred .Losses among civilians and material damage was great. It should be noted that Abdulla Burj is located on the PanjshirFiver near the Bagre;rn Air Base. IGujahideen from this area areled by a very brave Commander, Mohammad Shaheen who has been fighting for seven years. This Commander, besides being a good soldier has won the hearts ofhis people and this is why he is able to defeat the enemy in suchaflat area and so close to the Soviet base.

ICAßUL PROVINCE Feb -4-36. The enemy landed troops in Jawzak area of Kohl Safi. Mujahideen cias- hed with the enemy. The enemy had some losses. As a result of aerial bombardments leach followed the attack, two Mujahids were wounded. BALKH PROV I NCE Jan-2 5-86- t'iujahideen from Jamia2 :Li Mazar attacked an enemy post in Charbolak d.i.strict. Nineteen a *magr soldiers (DRA) were captured along with ten guns. The pose was destroyed.

Feb -- 14--86

I .uj: i J. en captured two intact tanks in" Shoulgar district, They also captured one PK Machireeun, two AK-47s ,one Carabine gun and some ammunition. One puppet regime officer was captured and onehundred soldiers were killed, Mujahideen burnt the tanks after disassembling its Daschk and Grenove machine guns. Nejahideen are rot able to use tanks in the area because they are en easy tercet for the enemy air force.

i: .:=: Pt üc7TCrit,:P.t' Y-lY BY AFGHANS Everybody knows the importance of photography in reporting a war. In the pastsomephoto- journalists have gone to Afghanistan andhave done a good job in en laining the situation. But the number ofthese people are limited and they can only go for a short time. Zany events go un-- recorded. The sol.ution.to the problem is to involve Afghansthemselves. Each par - ty has a committee for this type of work. If-theyget the right type of equipment and material and if some Afghans aretrained for work the result would be remarkable. I have a little experiencein photography and in the past I havesent some young Afghanswith single. c amefas and two daysof training. pictures they The sent backswere so good I could not believe itwas the work of theseyoung people. The:secdrdp¡oblem.ih thibió* laKtiow tocirculate what theybring .trOm know Of thousfiaS of good phdtographsWhich are locked in boxes for sekteralyears because nobody knows how touse them (e3r- ept a few whi,ch are published inparty papers). My suggestionis if simple cameras are provided withgood films (cpl- oured) black &white) and they are given to selectedpeople from different areas, after a few hoursof instruction and practiceoneVallsee, the result ina few months. There wi/1 always bea need to have erofe- ssional photographersin Afghanistan to cover the actionthere, AMERICAN "WHEAT FORTHE PUPPET REGIME Among otherthings, the Soviets sendan enormous amount of wheat their spidiers to ' and to meet theneedsof the puppet regime. 4 Since the Soviets donot grow sufficient wheatthey buy largeamounts from the United States. This American wheat is sentto Afghanistan and things, the regime, likeother uses this wheat forpolitical ends for and their example when Soviets puppet attackareas, after the destruction of thehouses , they distributewheat to show their concern fok-'the poor people of Afghanistan.As when western trucks, boughtby the Soviets,were used for the transportationof the invading force in 1979, thewheat sold to then isbeing either consumed by thesoldiers or is being the political used for purpose in theoccupied Afghanistan. It is interestingfor the American government's farmersto have a market to selltheir products, but they shouldkeep in mind thattheir trade is harmingthe Afghan nation and is servingthe cause of theoc- cupiers andtheir puppets. '

INDIAN'S DEPLORABLEPOSITION Indiansare helping the puppet regime ofBabrak in trainingits military personnel.In the past Mujahideen had reported the some Indian involvement of officers inoperations against the Mujahideen.All this is done while150,000 Soviet soldiers have'occupiedparts of Afghanistan and have beenfighting for more than Sixyears. Indians military involvement inAfghanistan takes ntry is still place while thatcou - the chairmanof non -aligned countries. Thisact all theresólutions ùnderiiriés passed by theU.N, Islamic Conference andeven the organizationof non-aligned countries. This isan act of enmity people Whoare bUty in towards an unequal war againsthe Soviet Union. old opinionand The Indian!peop1eshould put rninent to stop pressure on Rajiv'Sgave!. its actionsagainst the Afghan nat icn.This typé of iO1vertient ridiculesthe claims inof India that itpexsues an independent )olicy and itsstatus as the chairman of thenon-aligned movement. ;houid stopacting as the -India Soviets surrogatesin Afghanistan. . 4294.1)41140-..-.=4.

NEWS A Biweekly.Bulletin. Of Jarnitat Post Box No. 264,PeshawarIS1ì - Pakistan. Afighanistan Vol. II, No. 6,i51-/1986.

AFGHANNEW YEAR.

Before the Soviet .invasion, Afghannew year (21st of March) was celeberated both by the peopleand the government. It is:,a historical occasion and marks thé begining ofagricultural activities. Now the approach of the new:year is not welcomed. The new year,now, - means the begining of more offensives by th?enemy.

The coming Afghannew year (1365) is, expected tó be more difficult than previousyears. According to information Mujahideen.have recieved from their secretsources among the enemy, despite all claims for'finding a political solutionto the.Afghan problem áhd the world's optimism, the Soviet'leadersare preparing for large and intense military opera- ,. tions. The enemy has decidedon:escalation of the war, tight security among the puppet organizations to stop theflow of information to Muja-. hideen and severe punishment(without trial) to those who are suspected of collaboration with theresistance. Mujahideen sourcessay that the puppet regime will be increasingly controlled by Soviets down:tolowest level, and all the military decisions would be made bythe Soviets alone. Khad activities would be int- enSified inside and outsideAfghanistan but'all the information would .be forwarded'to the Sovietauthorities for analysis and decision making It has also been decidedthat the level Of aerial bombardments would increase substantially andmost of the planes and helicopters would be flown by Soviet pilots(Soviets put the responsiblity for large number - of planes and helicoptersbeing shot down by Mujahideen on the Afghan pilot's improperuse of the machines). In the new year all thegovernment officials below the.rank of general director mustgo to the front for a definite periodeach year and all the fvtory workers,even those who have completed military service, must take part in thewar for several months eachyear. As the snow melts, difficultdays approach millions of our people who have already lostevery thing they had. It is not the first time they are facing this situation,but experiences show that each year Soviet atrocities assume new dimensions. AFGHAN 1-111;;IS VOL. II, No. ô 15-3-1986 P-2

Our people who believe in the justiceof their cause will stand firm in defence of their freedomand once more show that forces ofagg- ression are not able to defeat thosewho fight with strong faith even if they have bare feet,an empty stomach and no proper means in their hands to fight theenemy.

SOVIET INVASION AKISTAXE

Recently the weeklyorgan of the Indian Communist Partywrote that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistanwas a mistake. The paper wrote that though the Soviets have militarypower, they can not solve the situation because of politicaland moral problems. The paper said thatuow, the Soviets are trying to solvethe problem through a political process-, dhile it is goodnews that a Communist party, close to îioscow, admits Soviet mistake,we are surprised at the length of time theCommunistpa- rty of India took to realise.this fact. Contrary to what the papersays the Soviets feel the burdenof war. They are not gettingready to take a honest step towards the political solution of the problemof Afghanistan. While Soviets talk,now and-. then , about a political solution,what they actually want is the impo-.- sition of their willon the people of Afghanistan. On the ground they are busy in preparations foralonger andmore 4.ptensified war. I hope the statement of the CommunistParty of India is based on genus understanding not part of Sovietpropaganda for mending their image which is damaged by their atrocitiesin Afghanistan. Y:t should be-noted thatthe Communist Party of India has playeda piv- otal role in helping theAfghan Communist party. A role similar to the Todah party (Iran) hasplayed. N a W S

15-2-86 JAWZJANP:ZOVINCE

_:ommunist forces wentinto Khamab sub-district to search thehouses (for weapons and to take young peopleas conscripts to the army). The enemy forces were composed of more than 50 tanks and trucks. hujahideenambus-. bed the convoy near Yakatoot and destroyedsome tanks and trucks. 1Tin- teen puppet soldierswere killed and 2 AK-47s and one 1akarov pistol were captured. One Nujahidwas martyred and four others received light injuries. HERAT PROVINCE 22-2-86 Hujahideen of Jamiat inGhoryan district attacked the militia positions onthe Herat-Islam Qalahighway. The militia units in thisarea are headed by Anwar-known as Haft Bala. Eighteen militias including Anwar'sson were killed. The Mujahideenreturned safely to their bases. 25-2-86 Units of Hazrat Hamza division of Mujahideencaptured one APO of (60-PB) type . The operation took place near the city ofHerat. No more details have been givenyet. AFGHAN NEWSb VOL. II No. 6 15-3-1986 F-3

26-2-86 Nujahideen of Jamiat attacked the Maimazak Communist security post in ,- ,:enda Jan district. Sixteen militias belonging to Maier: Karim , including his brother, were killed and four others captured. Fifteen different types of gun were also captured. One Mujahid, named Najibullah was martyred and four others wounded. Fighting has continued from 17-2-86 untilnow (2-3-36 )inside the city. Soviets are making use of ground and air forces. Itseems the enemy is trying to create, what they call it,a security belt around the city. TIRD'U.N REPORT 3pecial representative of the U.N Human Rights Commission on Afghanistan Dr. armacora, has prepared his third report to be sub4tted to tbe,Com- mission. In the report itis said that the situation in Afghanistan is gaining

- dangerous dimensions and ig taking fdrmof genocide. The report adds that the Soviets are using different types of mines. This has caused many casualties. among people especially children. The report talks about the extensive use of cluster bombs and even Nap- alm. The torture of prisoners by Khad (Afghan K.G.B) is common. 1/3 of the whole country has become refugees. The number Of internal refugees reached 1.5 million. According.to.the report the-lowest age for conscription is 15 years. The report adds that an average of 3,000 people are coming to Pakistan each Month. Afghan News believes that Dr. Ermacora's report should be an eye opening event for those who do not yet havean understanding of the depth _of the Afghan tragedy. The only weak point about the report is that it does not name the real' criminals, the Soviets, it isa great shame that a nation is dying but, the world is not brave enough to name the country which is. committing the crime. HEART VERSU TONGUE-- --- There are a few Arab countries who do not condemn the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In their speaches they oppose the Mujahideen in O.I.0 :aeetings. During one of these conferences one of the Mujahideen leaders approached the head of the delegation of one of these pro.-Soviet countries and asked him "you call yourself a nuslirn, and still do not condemn the invasion of an Islamic country?". The head of the delegation answered uMy brother my heart is for you but I do not have control of my tongue a. AFGHAN NEWS VOL.II, No. 6 15-3-1986 P-4 CODIVJULY&R ÍL AM SPEAKS

Commander Alan ofMazer wrote a letter to the Mazar Officein Peshawar. In this letter which was written ,on Feb.19,1986.he explainssome of the non-military problems he is. facing. Hesays that so,far in the liberate areas of Pazar,he has opened 42 schools and wantsto open some nore. But the problemis how to meet the expenses of supportingteachers and buildingcaves for the protection of the students fromthe enemy aerial bombardment. Commander Alam addsthat supporting the families ofthose who have been martyred isa serious responsiblity for the Hujahideenorganizatiet.3ut with only limited resources the Mujahideenare unablesto help the. This is a seriousproblem. Besides being a humanitarian issue it iepolitical problem too. If theresistance can ne take care of orphansWhose fathers, have beenmartyred, MUjahideen will be demoralized.On top.of that it is an opportunity for-the soviets to -exploit this situationby encouraging' these people to go to the Sovietcontrolled.areas. Commander Alamspeaks about food prices as somethingthat is a deliber- ete Soviet policy to put increasingpressure on poor people. The Commandermentions the problems of the city .ofLazar in which,the Soviets are buildingmany new toads and destroying livingouarters. The- se people were supportive to Mujahideen andtheir houseswere Mujahidin hideouts. Nowthey have lest their houses andare facing problems. Some of these familiesbelong to the Mujahideen whoare active inside the 'town or in a Mujahideen b6.'s.e. Theyneed help but we. cannot helpthem. The *Commandersays that 4he posiblity of establishingsome small facto- ries for rakingleather Or Workshops for local .handicraftlike portery, carpet weavingetc. are ihete, if these workshopsate opened somepeo- P4e will earnsome money anci Our national handicraft skillswill be pre- served. In orderto do this We'need some money and Simpleequipment. The Commanderasks for humanitarian help of any kind tomeet some of the needs of thepeople in the area. He says thaton the battle field Mujah- ideen axecompetent and are fighting with goodmorale. The Commander ishappy about the development of organizationin Mujahi- deen areas. It should benoted that ¿azar is one of theimportant fronts andwas headed by our late commander Zabihuilahwho was martyredat the end of 1984. T

NE A Biweekl' Bulletin Of Jan-Welt Islami Afghanistan ' Post Box No.. 264, Peshawar- Pak4qtan. Vol. II, No 7 , /4/ 1986. mmufarer -If

SOVIETRESSURE ON PAKISTAN

Pakistan is the host of more than three million refugees. The, government and people of Pakistan openly oppose the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Pakistani opposition to the Soviet invasion besides humanitarian.and Islamic solidarity with the people of Afghan-

. , istan has another important reason: The occupation of Afghanistan by an expansionist-super-power is posing a real security risk for Paki- stan This is why Pakistan would like to see the freedom of afghanistan restored and the Soviet forces go home. Pakistan's political, moral and humanitarian position on Afghan- istan has made the Soviets angry. Sometimes they threat Pakistan ver- bally and other times aend their planes to bomb innocent civilians ad fire shells inside Pakistan territory. The purpse of this is to put pressure on the government of Pakistan to change their presentpositicn on Afghanistan and talk directly with the puppet regime.

In the past few months, the Soviets have intensified their activities to disturbthe peaceful life of the Pakistanis-and incite thin against.Afghari ref-zgees. They bomb innocent places to kill people to create discontent among the people.-They do all this nowthat Lartial Law has been ended and there is room for them to spread their rumors. elements Some hidden pro-Soviet )1k try to fan the fire to incite Pakistan citizens against Afghan refugees. This is the actual aim of the Sov- iets-to create an atmosphere of mistrust between the two people. Some elements preach this type of propaganda to serve their own domestic politics.

at I want to say in this respect is that Afghan, refugees are the guest of the guvernment, and the people of Pakistan. The security of Pakistan is as important to us as the security ef our homeland. We will always remain guests and aie not interested in the domestic politics of the host country. Some people who accuse refugees of interfer- ing in Pakistan internal, politics are mistaken., We have, a bigger problem to think about and thct is the liberation of Afghanistan. AFGHANi_NZ'WS VOL..II, No. 7 1-4-1986 F-2 .

Our Pakistani brothers should know we have not core to seek a better material life. Ho matter how beautiful a host country is and how kind its people axe, it never takes the place of one's home. What the Soviets are doing and preaching about refugees is aimed at the creation of misunderstandings between the Afghan kubajerin(refugees and Pakistani Ansars (hosts). We have a common enemy, let us open our eyes and not be misled by their known and secret agents.The Soviets can not be the friend of any bódy. The Afghanistan situation is a living example. 4hat happend to Zahir, ùawod, Taraki andA.min is " a good lesson even for those who have a soft heart towardsSoviet policies. UN STRANGE BEHAVIOUR

When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan the people-of Afghanistan were expecting the world to put pressure on theSoviets to end their occupation. Resolutions were passed for-tpe withdrawal of foriegn troops (they were diplomatic enough not mention theSoviets by name), The Soviets-have ignored all these resolutions and the war has continued for more than six years. The proximity talks are drawn out The Soviets are using a delaying tactic to win the war while the world focusses on the Geneva talks.Insteadathelping our cause and decreas- ing the difficulties of millions of Afghans, thee talks are now serving the purpose of the invaders and their puppets. The puppets can publicise on this and try to impose themselves on the people of Afgh- anistan with Soviet fire power and U.N diplomacy. From all the past meetings it seems that Cordovez's shuttle diplomacy is not unbiased. He seems more convinced by the logic of a super power which hasinva- ded an independent country than the argument of millions ofsuffering LIghants who are trying to regain their freedom. The terriblesuffering of the people of Lfghanistan by the hand-of the Soviets and and their. puppets is cOnfirmed by the U.N Special Commissidn for Human.Ughts.

On the ground the U.N is funding some health and educational pro- grames inside Kabul through Wii0 and UNESCO. UWEGCO supports anillit- racy program (Communist indoctrination classes) whichi hurting us more. They make use of Soviet and Indian officersin these projects which is a double gain for the Soviets and their regional surrogate India. No wise person can justify such aid. If-the U.N can not help usto get back our legitimate rights from the invaders, she should notrub a of salt on the wound our people by giving support to the Soviet puppetsin Afghanistan. AnHAII NEWS - VOL.. No. 7 , F-3 Lujahideenar.aram.district. fromFighting Jamiat continued attacked from the 4puppet regime post of Hesaxak 'NANGARHAR NEWS ?Roma.' pm to 12 pm. P. building which wastIv many postLujahideenbnLujahid was2278..§ destroyed was martyred their and waysome and to Communiststhree the Shamaliothers were wounded.were killed attacked or wounded.One by the Soviets 24bombedheliborne Iujahids the troops areawere andmartyred.in 15Kolali helicopters Twelvearea of Soviet landedHesarak soldiers District. IA dawn the troops. A total number of were also killed dur- plaies '4 26-2-86,ofing closing the operation. the supply These routes type of of Ilujahideen. attacks are part of Soviet strategy KABUL FROVINCE alsointanksMujahideen the attacked andreport. the of Saroobi postJaniatMujahideen itSelf. attackeddistrict returned No casualtythe figures for the enemy is given headquarters and inflicted losseseneny on postsafely of Dargal, to their destroyed bases. twoLujahideen plantsKabulthe enemy.and which Jalalábad. Two provide electric Inelectricity thispy_lons area tothere Kabul city.It should Jamiat be Commandernoted that in Saroobi is located on the highway between were also destroyed by Mujahideen. are three hydroelectric power - TooxanGhulam29-2-86inthe the area, district. Mohammad Rasool aAnwar, leading has figure good of government militia forces HEPJIT PROVINCE relationship with all the parties pingGhulamhasRasool's been,assassinatedKabul was murderpuppetan active willgovernment md bydemoralize effectiveMujahideen for aboutother militia-commander from twomilitia Jamiat commandersin the who city has and ofbeen willHerat. hel- have ., years. The report adds that Ghulamtheinvadeda positive number Rasoul he impactofjoined was his fighting onmilitiathem Mujahideen. and againstmen formed reaches the Taraki a lotApostS in and around the city.more thanof 2000. He was a ruth- regime. When Soviets 1-3-86armsassinationless andperson ammunition-. Eujahideenwho led captured 19 militia posts and many offensives against Mujahideen. kfter.his ass- a large amount of hidsMujahideenerscity wereand of 50Herat. martyreclandanother-of militiamen Jamiat The militiaattacked leader a militia named post Yunous, in Taya-village was killed withnear 12the oth- with more than 50 was injured. guns- were captured. Two Muja- AFGHAN NEWS VOL. 119 Ho. .7 .1-4-1966 P-4

Jilting the current month (21 Feb-21 !arch) one militia commander named Hoor P.hmad joined Iujahideen with 70 of his followers. They brought their weapons with theand pledged to fight against the enemy. 3-3-36 J. convoy of Lujahideen was attacked by enemy helicopters,near the Iran Afghan border in Ghooryan district. Two trucks full of food stuffs which were on the way to Uujahideen bases were hit by rockets and took fire. The enemy also landed troops who faced Lujahideen 's resistance. No c cualties of both sides is given yet.

PAN-ISHIR VALLEY 14-2-36 ...J.Wwelftm...m.*111MON huaja Lohammad an important Mujahid of Fanjshir was martyred when he e was hit by avalanche in the mountains of Pushghoor. He and his brother C;hahNazar9joined the armed resistance in 1973. Shah Nazar a capable cccavlander was martyred in 1984 along with 20 other i'ujahideen who were caught in an ambush, kamaja was very famous for his hard work and his abilities in organizing logistic missions in the mountainous snow-cove- rd territories in Fanjshir. His death was a big loss ;Car commander k;as- soud. 16-36 SIXTEEN REFUGEES 4-!&4?2 MARTYRED ftsosrow.dms.....11.0 L truck full of refugees hit .a land mine at Kuram agency of Pakistan,. a few kilometerrs. from Afghan border. Sixteen people were martyred. These-people were returning from a wedding ceremony in one of the ref- ugee camps* This is one incident in a series of attacks against refugees and iakistani targets planned by KG3. The purpose of these sabotage wor:-;$ which is directed against civilians is to create unrest amongst the population and force the Pakistani government to change its policy towards the occupying forces in J-fghanistan, soviets want to destabilize 1-al-istan by subversive activities, a policy which they have followed since the creation of Fakistan.

1-3-66 BAGHLAH PROVINCE Mujahideen of 4,ndarab district attacked a militia post in Shashan side valley. Two militia nen were killed. One ujahid named Lohammad Door was martyred during the operation.

ENM( OFFENSIAI IN NAHRIN The combined enemy forces launched their offensive on 6-2-19866 The enemy forces were composed of armoured units moving under the cover of helicopters. The purpose of the enemy was to attack Nujahideen bases in the area and carry usual search operations. Ilujahideen under hbdul Hay, the Commander of Jarniat in Nahrin ambushed the enemy in a village called Áxakash, a few kilometers away from Nah- rin garrison. Three tanks were destroyed either by mines or iPG fire. The next day the enemy wanted to capture the high ground around the garrison. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. No. 7 1-4-1986 P-5

Lujahideen ambushed them. Two officersand three militia men were killed and the rest retreated.

Sz2e-§k They again tryed to capture thehigh ground this time they lostfour Grenove men and two soldiers werecaptured. iujahideen captured one i::achinegun, 4 AK-47 and 2 T.Tpistols.

-22=-1,e86 amb- The enemy attacked the city.Before entering the city they were ushed. The enemy lost one tank and 4 personsand retreated.

&lemy forces moved toward Burkasub-district. Mujahideen ambushedthe enemy forces in Taw a Shakh,captured 10 soldiers alongwith their wee- and ¡eons and killed threemilitiaMen,. Eight civilians mainly women children were killed in Tawashakh village. 13-2-36 Mujahideen attacked enemy forces in 3urkawith heavy-weapons, but they - do not know any thing about the,casualties. The enemy bombardedFuldol village with artillery and 3M-21 rocketswhich caused the martyrdomof civilians and the destruction of many of houses. 14-236 The enemy security post in Tawashakh.wasraidedby Mujahideen. Ten puppet-soldiers were killed or wounded and twocaptured. 15-2-8§ The enemy retreated from Burka to Mahringarrison and after heavy aerial bombardments attacked Douebi Nahrin area.Mujahideen resisted well and 20 Soviet-puppet soldiers were killedand 30 others were wounded. One civilian was killed and ore Mujahid wasinjured.On 15-2-86 they retreated from Bahrin district without achieving anyof their aims. It should be noted that Fehein is a strongholdof Mujahideen. The enemy presence in this district is limited to a300 man garrison in Hahrin and a post in Burka. The eeemy is confined in thegarrison and has no control over the population. This area is freesince 1979. NAZAR FROVWCZ 3-3-36 Mujahideen from Jamiat captured one truck along with 5puppet soldiers. 10%.3-36 During a clash kujahideen destroyed 12'tanks and threetruck; in Dawlat- bad District. 33.35 . a militia post was destroyed by kujahideenin Balkh district and all the 20 militia men stationed in the post were captured. ae---_-13-3-36 Abuilding in Gast of side of aoza (i-di's tomb & mosque) wasblown up by mine. Thirty Zommunis.ts were killed and thebuilding was damaged. rraws 7oL.:(11. 7 1-4-1286 F-6

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On 15th Larch the enemy wanted to send abig convoy to,Khanabad district and Talagan city (the provincial capital ofTakhar province). Lujahideen resisted well and all fought together.Fifty tanks and trucks were destroyed and 250 soldiers werekilled. All Uujahideen groups cooperated and made the enemy suffer. According toinformed sources, the type of fighting, coordination betweenEujahideen and and the scale of enemy losses were unprecedented in the area.Fighting ended around 23rd of Earch. FhRTY NSWS e MESSAGE OF .CONDOLENCE

Prof.3.1:abbani leader of Jamiat Islami Afghanistan sent amessageof condolence to the foriegn minister of Sweden on theoccasion of the death of Prime kinister Palme. He called Palme a leaderwho defended oppressed people. CHIRAC CONGATULATION

i-rof..aabbani sent a congratulatòry message to JacquesChirac on the occasion of his appointment as the prime ministerof ìrance. maaTinG WITH Geamal MPS

On iiarch 11th, Prof.B.aabbani met a delegation ofGerman NPs who had come to up-to-date themselves about thesituation in Afghanistan. They were briefed about the situation inside and thegeneral, military-political situation in and around Afghanistan.

HISTORICAL...... MARCH . On Earch 21st, the first day of Afghan new year,10,000 people mar- ched,in the 'streets of Stockholm to protest againstthe Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The demonstration was sponsoredby the Swedish Commi- ttee for Afghanistan and a large number of tradeunions, Church organizations and political parties. The foriegn minister of.theSweden spoke on the occasion. This shows a growing awarenessabout the just cause of the people of Afghanistan amongst the Swedish people. FALME'S L3T IHTaRVIEW

The late prime minister.of Sweden, Olaf ,Falme, made aninterview with "Afghanistan-HYTT4, the magazine of the SwedishCommittee for Afg- hanistan On Feb-7th. In this interview he expressedhis concern about the suffering of the people of Afghanistan. He said thatSoviet invasion of lefghanistan is a. clear violation of internationallaws. When he was asked why he does not take part in demonstrationsagainst the Soviet invasion when he took part in anti-America demonstrationsagainst the the U.S America involvement in Vietnam. He said that now as aprime minister he has other opportunities to express his views. ÀFGHAN FT:AS JûL.II, Iïo. 7 1-4_1936 P-7 Soviets-Ie'.calledrye said forthat thetheir there Soviet violation are invasion similarities of ahuman historical betweenrights mistake.in Afghanistan. He Vietnam. and f fghanistan. criticized the .enough1rfghan7ietnamhe couldto News balancethan not. thinks against his that factions Soviets Palue butwasin we Afghanistan.more. hope outspoken He didagainst not his successors' will do what live longer¿tnerica in soon.The work The on film a new is 50made minute by andocumentary hustralian fila: journalist will be finished 'veil; 1ä1.G3 FILM CH AFGFANIS 1'i Chris Hòok, who i.ujahideenwade two trips activities to :Afghanistan in Fanjshir in 1994valley and and 1935, raktia His province.film is about WAR. WC)U1 iD;_sD M"üJ: :ziI DE:4:N mentAccordingsevereand is fácilities,cases helpingproblems to a. letterthem in the tofrom Southsome our extent,-Hest Tehran of but offiçe,war-Afghanistan. because of lack of equipment which need sophisticated operations, can not be wounded tiujahidsThe Iranian govern - are lacnng medicaltreatedreliefIt shbuld there.activitiesorganizations be noted in that :San.towards international this problem, relief in organizationsorder to find doa solut-not Je draw the attention of international have ionproblem to it.exacerbates. As the time passes and the war becomes more intense, the . .et us try to save the precious lifts of those who .have fallen woun7 . d d It was reported in some papers recently, that a K.G.B agentthe who victims had of Soviet aggression. PAY FOR YOUR D:àA=.T:i def- umanthejail.ected ammunitionface Theto theof.family Sovietwest whichhfired ofand Communism the later executed toreturned and theperson toway Soviet paidthey 14 'treat.Union rubles theirwas for executed subjects.the cost in of a was hire. The story reveals the true inh- KHALILI'S POEMS . . Soue towardstranslateof ?halilì's introducing more poems is underway. ourhave literature, been Afghan translated Hewsculture believesinto and French tradition that and it workisto aFrench good spe- to p TranslationUniversity., ;:eZ work is done by a student of orientals studies in Paris NEWS Bulletin Of JamitatIslamiAfghanistan A Biweekly.Post Box No. 264,Peshawar -PalciStan. Vol. No, , 15/ 4/ 1986.

THE RIGHTFORSELFi-DEtE'RMINATiON e

Withoutthisa tochoosetheirtypeof government. Itisthenaturalrightofnations ofAfghanistan was createdbecause -the notbecalledindependent.The problem nationcan wanted to appointleaders for Soviets Wanted totakethisnaturalrightfrom Afghans. They Afghanistan whom they thouth weretheir bast slaves. Four million istopreserve this natural right. struggleofthe peopleofAfghanistan The price paid to preservethis right. refugees, half a millionpeople killed ormissing all are the

on the peopleof Afghanistan bythe power of When Sovietsfailedtoimposetheirwill tleze launched theirpolitical elTensives. to admitthisrightforthepeopleof 'Afehanistan. anyoccasionthey havetriednot At have droppedthis item from whichhave beengoingon for four years The proximity i.alks people of Afghanistan to talk aboutthe right of the the agenda. The participantshaveagreed not to determine theirfuture. giving. thepeople thesepeoplebringwithout We donotunderstand whattypeof peace Equally we do notknow how somecontries theirrightforself-determination. ofAfghanistan forapoliticalsolutionin countriesproposetheirsupport likeAmerica andotherwestern self-determination is notrecognised. which the right for the people ofAfghanistan, Afghanistan but a puppetregime is imposed on Even if Soviets leave to Sovietswouldbesuccessful invadedAfghanistanfor. Sovietshaveachievedwhatthey to choose that they havethe power anddermination passthis message toallsmall countries and there is no oneto stop them. the type of governmentof other countries from them bmilit inc their future cannot be robbed e(e le to dete and The right cf our ofdetermined faithful e resenceofthousands invasionsor oiticaineeotiations. brave Mujahideen is uarentee to that. coop EXAMPLE

which republics ofIran circulated apostage stamp Recently the Governmentof the Islamic Sovietswere verydisturbedand peopleagainsttheinvaders. showstheuprisingofAfghan to the IranianGovernment. ordered their puppetsin Kabul to protest ís a good examplefor otherCountriek, We appreciate thesetypes ofsteps and think that emplyedtoprotestagainst follow.Everymeansshouldbe especiallyMuslimcountries,to of the people ofAfghanistan. aggression, massacre,and migratory-genocide AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II, NO.8., 15/4/I986.P- 2. PUPPET REGIME TRADE WITH W. GERMANY

Recentlythepuppetregimescommerceministerannouncedthathisgovernment'strade with West Germany annually reaches more than 80 million Dollars. We are sure the government and the people of Germany know that Afghanistan is an occupied country and that the Kabul regime is a puppetbrought to powerby the foreing forces. Any type ofdeal with such a puppet regime which killsthe people of Afghanistan_ isan unfriendly act towards the people of Afghanistan. Germans are in a better position to understand thenature of the occupationist forcesinAfghanistan and they see with their won eyes how the communist regimesare treatingtheir people. We expect thattheGermans (Government and people) should revisetheir commercial policy towards thepuppetregime andstopallthe previllages thatthe regimeisenjoying inthat e,. country. Merchantswhotravelbythepermissionofthe KGB and KNAD areasecurityriskfor Germany too. Itisin the bestinterestof freedom that the puppet regime shouldnot benefit from any

. commercialdeal . evenifitmeans alittlesacrificeinthepartof German people. We do not know how theGerman governmentexplainsthecontradiction whichiswitnessed between theverbalsupport of the freedom fighters and normal trade with a notorious puppet regime whose hands are red with blood from the people of Afghanistan '

BUILDING IMAGE ON DIRTY, WORK

ThenotoriousregimeofBabrakhas neitherinternalsupportnor international recognition. To builditsimage she triesto do criminaljobs to force the outside world to talk against it.By supportinghijackers,attackingciviliantargetsin Pakistan and indulgingin drug traf- ficking she want to get publicity.

Whenthey bombaciviliantarget,thenextdaytheregimesdiplomatis . called tothe foriegn office, a letter of protest is delveredto him.This makes the regime happy and consider it an achievement.

Recentlythepuppetregimeinventedanother way that was to takesomeforiegnersat gun pointto Afghanistan and keep them forseveral months. This way the name of the regime is in the papers.

Dr.Robertwilliane ananAustralianworkingforUNHCR -WorldBankprojects in Pakistan waskidnappedandtrKentoAfghanistan.Afterseveralweeks,finally,he was releasedon

Dec. 27thonthe ar niversary of Soviet invasion ofAfghanistanwherehisPakistanidriver is still in prison.

Likeanyterroristorganizationthe +u t re_ime is buildin: its image on dirt work and this is doneaccording to plan drawn up by the Soviet invaders. WAR NEWS

PERWAN PROVINCE

3, 1986

Mujahideen from Jami'at Islami attacked a puppets postin"LowerDah . Mullah"village of i3agrandistrict. 25 soldiers were captured along with 25 guns of differenttypes.Mujahideen had no casualties. This area is close to Bagram Air Base,the largest in Afghanistan. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. R, NO.8, 15/4/1986.P- 3.

TAKHAR PROVICE As it was reported in Afghan New (No.7),Soviet- puppet forces launchedan offensive against Mujahideen of Khanabad and Takhar.The .main mission of the offensivewas to establish more security postsaroundthementionedcitiesandresupplytheirgarrisonsfroth Kunz to Keshm of Badakhshan Province. According to a report sent by Geri Rahmatullah, the provincialAmeer of Jamiat in. Kunduz, Mujahideenofdifferentparties foughttogetheragainsttheenemy.The enemysuffereda lotof casulties.Severalhighranking puppet officerswere killed.The enemy heavily bombed the area as a result of which about100 civilians and some Mujahideenwere killed. Mujàhìdeen made use of 107mm rockets in theirattacks. Accordingtoanotherreport sentbyMawlawiShahMohammad,oneofthe_ commanders ofTakhar,on March15th,theconvoyenrotiteFarkhardistrict was ambushed by Muja ideen from Jami'atIslami. Inthree hours offighting 5tanks and two trucks of theenemy were destroyedeitherby RPGfireor landmines.The enemy was makinguse ofartillatyand BM -21 ground -to- groundrockets againstMujahideenasaresultofwhichsomeMujahideen were martyred. On March 17th,theconvoyreturning back from Kalfgan(a sub-Districtof Takhar provice) was attacked by Mujahideen. the following itemswere captured. 1- 34 different types ofguns. 2- A large amount of ammunition. 3- One electrical generator.

Several tanks and truckswere destroyed by land mines or RING fire.Seven women belonging to the puppet officer's families were captured. They were released the followingday. 6/3:1986. Mujahideen attackedMilitia posts in Khawja Hafez villageof Yangi Qala District,captured five AK-47 and injuredtwo militiamen. 13/3/1.986. Mujahideenattackedmilitia postsinJarbashivillageof YangiQalaDistrict. were captured Sevenguns andtow militiamenwereinjured.In anotherclashwithmilitiameninEshatf Abadvillage,one militiaman was injuredand four guns were captured. Two Mujahideenwere martyred during this operation.

HERAT PROVINCE 12/3/1986. MujahideenattackedHeratHotelwhere Soviets andtheir puppets had formedameeting. A large number ofenemy were killed including some Sovietadvisors and towpuppet regim's high ranking officers.

-13/3/1986. The enemy surroundedthewestern part of theHeratcity.A big Soviet- Puppet forcewas involvedin the operation. During theoperation, which lasted for fivedays, Mujahideen resisted welland killed 20 enemy soldiers and injured 70 others. Somearmoured cars and truckswere alsodestroyed.Seventeen AK -47 was captured bytheMujahideen.FiveMujahideen including AbdulSatar,ajunior commander, were martyred. One helicopter was hit bya SAM -7 which took fire and crashed in Qala--i- Skater area. AFGHAN ' [LW'S VOL. 11 NO.8 .5/4/1986.P- 4.

LAGHMAN PROVINCE

6,:"3/1.986. Soviet -puppet forces.at tackedDara-i-Noorsub-District ofQarghaiiDistrict. Mujahideen resistedwell.The enemy airforceandartillary were poundingthearea.Fighting continued f Orabout three weeks.Soviet surrounded the villages and killed about72civilians.Casualties ofl'omjahideenisnotmentionedinthereport.Mujahideenoftheareaarefacingshortage 01 food and other supplies. ItshouldbeinentionedherethatlastyearSoviets massacred about 600 peopleinQarghaii district. Ma&3aore of civilians has become a deliberate policy of the Soviets.

REPORT FI

C1Q A supply convoy of the enemy which was composed of 200 tanks and trucks entered Pardshir. Mahide,en ambushedtheconvoyinBazarak.Duririgfivedaysofoperation8tanksand 13 trucks were destroyed and a big numbef of enemy soldiers were killedor wounded. One Soviet helicopterwasshotdownbyDShKM fireinBazarak.OneimportantSovietofficerand two puppetofficerswho'weyeinthehelicopterwerekilled.OneMujahid,namely Delawar Khan from janglak village of Bazarak was martyred.

ShARIF

MulahideenofJarni`atattackedthe18thdivisionand Mazarairportwith107mm rockets. 12 helicoptersandtwojetsweredestroyed,40enemysoldierswerekilledand60others were wounded. Thanks to Allah. Mujahideen had no casualties.

BAGH AN PROVINCE on29thofMarch,theenemy attacked Mujahideenpositions near Baghlancity.Mujahideen ofJami'atunderthecommandofMullahShamsfoughtbravely. 3jeeps,4APCs of60-PB a typeand 5 T-34tanksweredestroyedby RPGfireofMujahideen.Duringtheoperation commander of Mujahide.en, namely Addur Rahman, was martyred.

Furry up comrade Gorbachev! The television team is ready to record your speech about 'PEACE' AFGHAN NElliS VOL. 11, NO.8, 1514/1986,P- S.

E T SPOKESMAN OF THE ALLIANCE

Prof.BurhanuddinRabbani,theleaderofJami'atIslamiAfghanistan,tookofficeasthe spokesmanoftheIslamicAllianceofMujahideenofAfghanistanonAprilfirst.Hewillbe the spokesman for three months. The previous spokesman was syed Ahmad Gailani. We wish every success for the new spokesman andhopehewilltakepracticalstepstostrenghtenthe Alliancefurther.To dothat the full co-operation of all the Resistance leaders is necessary.

MEETTNG WITH THE BRJTISH FOREIGN SECRETARY

On April:3rdProf. B. Rebhan'thespokesman ofthe Afghan Mujahideen- Alliance Met with - SirGeofreyHowe,foreignSecretaryoftheGreatBritain.SirGeofreywasbriefed -about the military and political situation in Afghanistan. TheForeignSecretaryp omisedforthecontinuationofpoliticaland humanitarian support of his government for the t'eople of Afghanistan. Syed Ahrnad Gaitani, the previous spokesman of the Alliance, was also present in the meeting. SnARIATIVIADARVS SAO DEMISE

Ayatullah Ka.zem Sitariatmadei,anIranianreligiousleader,passedafterlongsickness. ShariatmadariusedtospeakopenlyagainstSovietinvasionofAfghanistanand made useof differentoccasionstoexpresshisviewsonthematter.Hisdeathisagreatlossforall muslims, Iranian brothers and the l'iltijahid peopleof Afghanistan who lost a friend. Me.v Allah give him 1-eaverilypeace.

N A GAIN FOR THE SOVIETS

On March 26th,ICR(.announced that his mission to send back 8 Soviet PWs to that country was successfully finished. Out of 11 PWs 3 chose to stay in the West. Mujahideenhadagree ktodeliverSovietsPWstoICRChavinginmindasimilaraction fromtheSovietside.ButICRCteaminKabulwas expelledaftersome months and nota single Afghan benefited from the deal. ICRC argumentthatthey not promise any excangeistrue butevery body knows that itwastherealeotive ber4 Ttlf, decision.ItseemsthatICRCstillisinterested tocontinuethisone-sided humanitarianmission'and theytryto convince Mujahideen leaders togivethem morePWs.IfICRCcallthereleaseofSovietcriminals who have invadeda nonalignedIslamiccountry,havekilledhalfamillionpeopleand drivenoutmore than four millions,`agun mission',whet about thousands ofinnocent Afghans who are suffering in fort' Jdefence oftheir count e .fthe mission was a test case for Mujahideen good intentions they peeved it. AskingmoreerisonersfromIviujallideenunderme presentconditionsisnotlogicalact and it only serves the Soviet criminals. Of Jar/II/atislarni Afghanistan A BiweeklyPost Box Bulletin No. 264,Peshawar - Pakistan. Vol. II, No- 9 ,i/ 5/ 1986.

THETRAGEDY OF 27TH OF APRIL

to a greattragedy for the The 27th of April of1978 was witness crushed by the very Afghan nation. On thatday the regimeof Daud was which had been intacit Communists who had supportedit in the past and coalition during hisshort livedrepublic. 20,000 people werekilled in It was a tragedybecause approximately children of the first day oftheir bloody coup(including milk-sucking the Daud family). unknown ruthlessCommunists It was a tragedybecause a bunch of nation which was notin a took power through a coupand surprised a position to reactquickly. nature of theDaud regime ,Comm- Due to thestupidity 4 un-Islamic poeitions in thegovernment,while unists had reachedthe most sensitive Although the directinvolvement of the people werekept in the dark. not be provedthere is no doubt Soviet soldiers andairmen in combat can and even advicesof an enormous about the moralsupport, encouragement Air Force and Army. number of Sovietadvisors in .the Afghan over Daud thatthey did Communists were so proudof their.victory Irrespective of their not think ofanyresistance againstthemselves. they wanted toSovietize,Afgh- traditional values andreligious beliefs They used harsh measures; killing aiistan in a shortperiod of time. short period of afew monthe the putting into jails,torture etc. In a Communists and becomelarger and popular reactionstarted against the spread all overAfghanistan. economic reforms the people was notagainst schools, The reaction of people things existed inAfghanistan and the or medicalfacilities. These the impositionof the Comm- were demandingmore. What they opposed was Islamic life whichthey which is muchinferior to the unist way of life and They may haverailways, roadi, had before. Bukhara is an example. of the roads?what has happened electricity but whois the real master history and culture?.What has happened to theirlanguage, religion and what istheir status inthe so-called to theirglorious Islamic past 'Soviet Union'; theRussians Empire. AFGHAN NEWS VOL II NO 9 1.5 -1986 P-2

OUR REVOLUTION IS SUPPORTEDBY THE MASSES (BabrakKarmel)

just and popular The resistance(Jehad) against the puppet was so given to the that an 80,000 strong armymelted away and their guns were people. At the end of 1979,the regime which wasfacing internal divi- did not have sion and which was :tossingits grip of the countryside , keep any chance ofsurvival. The Sovietsintervened in an attempt to their puppets in power. Thetragedy of the 27th Decemberof 1979 was super imposed onthe tragedy of the 27th April. the Afghan masses The Communist regime ofTaraki -Amin was defeated by influence. Like the and the Soviets invadedAfghanistan to retain their Decexber will ultim- tragedy of the 27th April,the tragedy of the 27th ately fail because the causeof Afghanistan is justand the support :df Almighty Allah is on our side.

CAR FOR THECOMMANDER by themajority popular andis supported The Afghanresistance is resistance areloved by their population. Theleaders of the of the and this iswhy the is why we havesurvived so long followers. This The following to crush theresistance. Soviet army, hasnot been able story provesthis point; They check points alongthe highways. The Mujahideenhave check- confiscate Sovietand puppet trucks and whennecessary the transport advisor andthat is Then they give areceipt to the regime property. accepted by theauthorities. One day during the routine checking along the Salting highway they found that a container had a car in it for the ministery of foreign affairs of the puppet regime. Immediately the commander of the area thought that it would be a good idea to take the car for Commander Massoud of the Panjshir valley. They confiscated the car. But the pro - blem was how to take this car from Salang to Panjshir. The road is controlled by the enemy and theretwo15,000 feet passes between Panjshir and Salang. The local people decided to solve the problem. They disma- ntled the car. Small parts weredifficultto transport . The engine , body and frame were the largest parts. Four hundred people volunteered. They said we should carry the car but the body should not be scratched. During the day it was not possible because of the gunships and taie enemy artillery. They did all the work at night. After several weeks of hard and unprecedented work they took it to the lower part of the Panjshir, valley. Mechanics reassembled it and offered it as a small gift-to their

commander . They did all this without being given permission by their }

commander. ,

Why all this trouble for a single man?. The answer is simple. People love those leaders who live like themselves, who encourage them when they are demoralized and who risk his neck for the defence of his people. This is one example, all parts of Afghanistan: have witnessed similiax episodes which have not yet been told.

FLOWERS FOR AFGHANISTAN The Afghan resistance is popular throughout the world Although pro- Vietnam types of demonstrations are not witnessed In support of Afghanistan, the majority of the world believes in the justice of our cause, In Norway for example, there are committees in support of the Afghan cause in almost every city. In Harstad, a small town in the North of. Norway people show their solidarity with the people of Afghanistan in a special wayf_On certain days (usually Saturdays) the committee of the town organize a flower for Afghanistan campaign. In each corner of the town or inside a, super market men , womenand c+44' stand with flowers and ask the people toMbuy a flowerfor Afghanistan ". During the day several thousand flowers axe sold andthe money goes for humanitarian purposes for refugees and people ofAfghanistan. To an Afghani, watching all this is a great event. ToMujahideen and the people of Afghanistan to know that near the North -Polepeople remember them, sell flowers in the name of their cause and pray:for them in their churches is good news. We Afghans appreciate any work, large or small in support of the people of Afghanistan and hope that friends of Afghanistan all over the world will make use of different occasions and a variety of ways to publicise the cause and enlighten their people about the plight of the Afghan nation at the hand of the Russians. ,AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II, NO. 9 1-5-1986 P-4

NEWS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD

PAKTIA PROVINCE

In order to destroy the main base of Mujahideen at Jawar, one hour from the Pakistan borderstandetb blockade the-_atrategically.important soute,the Russians along with DRA puppet soldiers attacked the area in and around Jawar On 3rd April 1986. The first 6 hours of the fighting in which the enemy used heavy bombardments and heliborne troops, Mujahideen and particularly civilians were inflicted with heavy casualties. But later on the second cley . of the fighting, Mujahideen were able to kill or wound and capture most of the 600 DRA troops used by the Russians. According to the repot at least 70 of the mentioned troops including a colonel and 2 pilots and 12 officers were captured and the rest either killed ox wounded..Majah- ideen casualties were not, however, less than 150 people.

The report says that the Russians used their Su Jets and helicopters from 5:30 in the morning tultil 12 oclock at the night. It is alsorepo- rted that Mujahideen have been able to shoot down at least eleven Jets o" and helicopters both in the air andAthe ground. According to the report after 17 days of heavy bombardments the Russ- ians used their 3000 ground forces On April 20. At the begihing of the massive offensive On 20 April the enemywas partially able to destroy some Mujahideen base, but the next day Mujahideen were able to push the forces back and recapture their strongholds.

Commander Haciani, General Commander of the area who recieved a minor injury said that Mujahideen of three parties, Hezb Islami (Khalis), Hezb Islami (Hekmatyar) and Jamiat Islami fought together to force theenemy out of the area.

PARWAN_PROVINCE 12-3-1986 A late report from Gulbahar District says that the enemy bombarded Muja- hideen positions in Gulbahar with artillary for one week. Two Mujahids were martyred and three others were. wounded. Material losses for the local people were?. immense.

GHAZNI PROVINCE 21-3-1986 Mujahideen of Jamiat in Moeor District attacked the 65 regiment of 7th division of the puppet regime. One observation post of theenemy was destroyed by RPG fire. Five APCs were destroyed. Tweleve enemy soldierswere killed and two AK-47s were captured.

24-3-86 Mujahideen attacked theshineenemy base with mortars ,82mm guns and DSHK. One post was destroyed.Two puppet and six Soviet soldiers were killed. Two houses belonging tothe local people were destroyed by enemy artillary fire. Two Mujabidswere injured and were transfered to the hospital in Quetta. P-5' VOL. II, NO. 9 1-5-1986 AFGHAN .NEWS ...... -4

28-3-86 Babulhaq mountain tobring fuel wood An enemy convoywhich had gone to Jamiat in Mocior. OneAPC and one truck was ambushedby Mujahideen of soldiers were killed. were destroyedand 8 puppet

18-3-86 had been partiallydamaged by An enemy helicopter(type unknown) which Mujahideen fire, crashedin Mocior.

KABUL PROVINCE 14-4-86 in Jegdalik. As aresult of Soviet heliborne txodpsattacked Mujahideen Mu* hids weremartyred. ipnemy the fighting and aheavy bombardment 20 forces also lost 35 men. TAKNAR PROVINCE 13-3-86 of Khuajaghar Soviet-puppet forces attackedMujahideen controlled areas search the housesand capt- District. The purpose ofthe attack was to the enemy. Six pup- ure people forthe puppet army.Mujahideen resisted others wounded. OneMuj- pet and one Sovietsoldier were killed and some ahid was injured.

3-4-86 captured 28 Russian cows.The In a cross borderoperation Mujahideen distributed among the localpeg*. cows wereslaughtered and the meat was This report waswritten by Mawlavi That day the peoplehad a good meal. Khuajaghar District.This Dist- Abdul Jabar the commanderof Jamiat in rict has a common borderwith the Soviet Union.

FARYAB PROVINCE ------15-4-86 A large numberof enemy sol- The enemy attackedSheerin Tagáb District. -fi.t wounded and6enemysoldiers were diers (Soviets &puppets) were killed or details are available. flown out to Mazar byhelicopters. No more

MAZAR..... SHARIF 16-4-86 part of Balkhprovince Enemy operations inthe west and South-West Mujahideen are attacking continued. There is severefighting and the been killed or the enemy post. Alarge number ofSoviet-puppets have woKs,a.$. Mazar Air Port. wounded and thei1/4soldierswere flown to

1410.00.0400*.".1.HERAT PROVINCE 18-3-86 411.M.V.101.11.11.M. continued in Heratprovince. One Enemy attacks andaerial bombardments and crashed nearShindand Su pia was hit byMujahideen with AA guns reports aboutfighting Air Base. The pilot waskilled. There are also A lot of woundedsoldiersWre-YC in GhormathDistrictof Badghis province. continue to desert. brought to ShendandAirbase. Puppet soldiers AFGHAN NEWS. VOL. Ii NO. 9 1-.5-1986 P-.6

MESSAGE OF MR.ANDRÉ ROSS, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE FRENCH MINISTER? OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO PROFESSOR BURHANUDDIN RABBANIICHIEF OF JAMIAT ISLAMIAFGHANISTAN

Sir,

His Excellency, the Prime Ministerthas instructed me to thank you for the cordial message you sent to him on the occasion of his nomination as Prime Minister of the Republic of France.

France, as you know, has not ceased to condemn the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and to insist on the restoration of its independence and sovereignty. It will continue to act as euch with the most strong steadfastness.

I beg, Sir, to believe in the expression of my high consideration.

André ROSS

BANDITS OR FREEDOMFIGHTERS

Soviet UnionAmbassador in one of the third-Oorld countriestried to convince theAmbassador of Spain in that country that theirinva- sion of Afghanistan was a friendly gesture towardsthe people of Afgh- anistan and those whoopposed them therewere bandits. The Spanish Ambassador told him politely thatwhen the peopleof Spain fought against Napoleon he also calledthem bandits. The Soviet ambassador was embarrased and could notreason further. 'Note: All invaders have the same mentality.There is not any differences between the way of thinking Adolf Hitlerand Gorbachev. We have a saying all wolves axe grey. All invaders, murderersand criminals are the same only horses have given theirplaces for T-62 tanks with the passage of time.

If any body does not believe in whatI say they can paya visit to the country-side of Afghanistan or at leastto the Red Cross Hospital in Peshawar, thenthey can judge.

A LETTER FROMBADAKHSHAN Badakhshan isa province bordering the Soviet Union.Since 1979 the resistancethere has kept most of Badakhshanfree i'rom trol. In this enemy con- province usuallySoviet troops attacl: from theirbasese in the SovietUnion and e'en take theirprisoners to the for interrogation. Soviet Union We have recieveda letter from a Commander daiw valley of in Zer- Baharak sub-district.The letter speaks which took about an attack place on Januarythe first. The lettersays: "Soviets and AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II, NO. 9 1-5-1986 P-7

their puppets attacked thevalley of Zerdaiw Mujahideen resisted the invaders. Two hundred Soviet-DRAforces were killedor wounded: It is added in the letter that about one hundredMujahids were killed and two hundred wounded.Many civilians includingwomen and children were captured and then killed. The total number of civilianswhich were killed by bombardment or were massacred by theenemy soldiersreaches several hundreds. All the properties were set on fire and whatwas valuable was taken to the Soviet Union by helicopters. Sovietsare building a rdad from the Soviet border which passes through Zerdaiw and reachesFaizibad the provincial capital. Despite Mujahideen andthe people facing shortages of food and warm clothes they are tesistingthe enemy to prevent them from building this road. A big number of thelocal peoplehave become refugees inother parts of Badakhshan. It should be noted that if this road iS built,Soviets would have a short way to Faizabad. The previous road whichwas joining Faizabad to the Soviet borderpasses through a 50 km long narrow valley called - Vardooj. Mujahideen are active in this valley andare commanded by Najmuddin.

STINGER VERSU OERLICON Each year a new story comes up about new and effectiveweapon for Mujahideen. SAM-7 storyis old now. Lastyear there were big talks about Cerlikan AA guns. I travelled for two monthsand saw none. Oer- likan made enough raw material for SeligHarrison write his anti-Pakistan and pro-Indian articlesandRadio Moscow talkedabout it for months. More troops were brought in and new tacticswere introduced. Afghanpe- ople suffered but theydid not see the effectiveweapon. Now the story of Stinger bas surfaced. If it islike the previous stories already enough harm is done to Afghans.Our principal position is that we take unconditional military andnon-military aid to fight our enemy who has attackedus right inside our villages. As long as a foriegn power is present inside Afghanistanthis the righ of our people to seek help (moral & material)from outside to gain back their Treedom.

What we are against is big talks andno real help. In the pastwe have become a victim of such short sightedpolicies. There have been talks about a million Dollars of aid but in realitywe have fought t1 enemy with very premitiveweapons and even inadequate ammunition.

gese food, clothes , shoes and medicine havenot reached million of Afghans who are suffering. VIEWS A. Biweekly. Bulletin Of Jami' at Islami Afghanistan Past Box No. 264, Peshawar- Pakistan. Vol. ' II, Na. , /5 / 1986,;

.TI HOLY MONTH GFRAMADAN

Muslims are obliged to observeone month of fasting each year. In Afghanistan before the Communist Coup it was observed with full honour. The people and government both tried to make every effort to make it easy for the people to practice fasting and saying their special prayers. It was fast and feast. At the end of the day the people of the village or a quarter of the city got together in the mosque and waited for the announcement of sunset which was signalled by can- non fire and radio or the call of prayer. Recitations of the Holy Qu- ran during the month of Ramadan took place and thousands of people took part in them, in all the .cities, town and villages.

At the end of the month they celeberated the completion of Ramadan, People went to each other's houses. Forgave each other for rude words said, wore their best clothes and gave alms to the orphans and poor. At noon they gathered for special prayers in the biggest mosque of the towns. In order to show their respect, the government forgave andre- leased a number of prisoners.

After the Coup and especially after the Soviet invasion all that has been completely disturbed, In the cities, Ramadan is observed by ordinary people but government officers and party members hurt the sanctity of the month by eating in public.

In the liberated areas there is war or the shadow of it. Food is not

enough , people can not get together because of the enemy air raids . The Communist regime tries to show it is respecting Ramadan but hypo- cracy reveals itself and màny people do not attend the congragational prayers led by the so- called. Mullah on the government pay roll.

Families are divided so the gathering of the whole family isnot

possible . In some towns where 20,000 people lived before,now no one is living and the call forprayers is not heard. Mujahideen and refugees observe Ramadan in their mountain hideouts and bases while in the occupied towns where the infidel army is living thereare not s 1401o* On Eid (the celebration of Ramadan) almost all the peoplego to the mosques with tearful eyes because of the loss of theirsons, mother$ , sisters or friends. They visit the graveyards tosay prayers for then. AFGHAN NEWS VOL II NO 10 15-5-1986 P-

Loss of family members and friends is painful, but more painfulis the disturbance Co our spiritual life. The strugglein Afghanistan is to preserve that from the destructive designs of theSoviet infidels. The light of Islam will finally defeat the darkness of Communism and tyranny.

BEFLACE14447L2M:BABRAK WITH NA.=

NOT A POLICY CHANGE

The change of individuals within the puppet regime does not represent a change in Soviet policy in Afghanistan. These types of changes are common among Communist regimes. Usually Soviets appointservaAlm when they think will serve them, and when they are no longer useful or a better servant is founds they discard them. The replacement,of one puppet by another in Kabul is a game through which theSoviets want to decieve the world on the eve of the Geneva talks and give the world false hopes of a change in policy.

We do not believe in any policy change unless the whole regime has gone and all tfie Soviet troops have left our country.Najib is a true servant of the Soviets, who has worked with KGB for many years.Heonly brings more problems to the Afghan nation. History will repeatitself and he will face the same end as Taraki, Amin and his closefriend Babrak.

NEis momT} PAPWAN PROVINCE 14-4-1986 The enemy attacked Mujahideencontrolled areas ill Bagram District. As the result of Mujahideen resistance12 tanks and trucks of the enemy were destroyed with RFG fire or land mines. Anunknown number of soldiers (mainly Soviets)were killed. Reports do not mention Mujahideen casualties. 24-4-86 About 300 enemy soldiers (mainlyfrom the puppet army) attacked Muja- hideen controlledareas. Fighting took place in Deli-Mazax village, 8 enemy soldiers were killed and seven others wounded. 27-4-86 MUjahideen attacked Charikar city withmortars. The purpose of the attack was to disturb the Parchami celebration of the27th April Coup. No figure for enemy casualties has been given.

HERAT PROVINCE 29-4-86 Mujahideen of Herat attacked the borderpost of Qalai Ghazi. Twelve soldiers were killed and 14» others injured.Mujahideen captured a large amount of arms and ammunition. t VO 5-5- 86 P-3

Fr LOOM PROVINCE 27-4-86

Mujahideen from Jamiat inLogar attacked the enemy (Soviet& puppet) garrison in Puli Alain with heavy weapons. Thirty fiveenemy soldiers and officers were killed or wounded. As a result of this attackseve- ral of the enemy tanksand trucks were destroyed. On the same day Mujahideen from Jamiat attacked theenemy division in Gardiz the provincial capital of Paktia province.Casualties are not known yet. 30-3-86 A Mujahideen convoy bound to lan province was ambushed by theRuss- ism in Logar province. Around 30 people were killed* woundedorRcap- tured. Night ambushes against Mujahideen transportation routes is . new more frequent than the previousyears.

n WE LOSTTWENTY MILLION MENTO SAVE OUR MOTHERLAND"

(Soviet Leaders)

PAKTIA OFFENSIVE

The puppet regime and theSoviets boasted about their victoriesin Paktia. The Soviets and theirpuppets launched a massive attackaga- inst the Mujahideen position in Jawar. The enemy troops sufferedheavy casualties but finally Mujahideenhad to evacuate the base fora short time.

The Soviets claimed that theyhad killed 2,000 Mujahideen whilein fact Mujahideen casualtieswere around 150. The Soviets launched this offensive before the Genevatalks and made great propaganda aboutthe achievements of their forcesthere.

Those who know somethingof a guerilla war understandthat fighting for a piece of land to the last drop of blood is neitherwise nor necessary. For any army, especially the army of a super power, whichis supported by highly sophisticated helicopters and Jets it is naturalto capture a piece of land. The heart of the problem is whetherMujahideen 15- »5.4986 P.4 >FGHAN NEWS VOL,. II . NDP 1O

inflicted losses on them and continued to harass them or not. '_8 try body admits that here Mujahideen did.

Some journalists who call these types of operations great achievements for the Communists and crushing defeats for the Mujahideen, do not know about the nature of this type of war. They think of war as a. game fought in a court (or country). The guerrilla war hasits own rules like mobility, surprise ,deceit etc.

It is necessary to be more mobile, not to give a fixed point for the enemy air force to pound. Some carelessness by the Mujahideenhelped the Soviets to achieve their symbolic victory. They permitted a journalist to draw an Engineering diagram of the base showing exactly where every thing was. The diagram was in scale and very accurate. It was Or- published in a French speaking magazine in France.Maybe the tempo - rary capture of Jawar (about 24 hours)is hard for some Mujahideen to mobile and more careful. digest but it is. a lesson to lea rn to be more When Commander Masoud evaluated the Panjshix valley, it wasnot considered a brave act. But evasion is a guerrilla tactic which wemust

not forget. - The offensive of Faktja ras not a victory for the enemy.On the other hand it could be a good lesson for Mujahideen.

TWO NEW TYPES OF BOMBS USED

According to a report sent by Commander Ahmad Shah Masoud ofthe Panjshir valley the Soviets have been heavily bombing the valley since the beginning of May. As well as the ordinary bombs they used before, they are using two new types: 1. Time- delay bombs which explode several hours after they have been dropped. They are tinedo explode in the morning and noon, evening and night.

2. An unknown bomb about one meter long and one meter in diameter which are dropped from Mig -29 and su -25 Jets. The bomb is a brick- red -colour and with shiny light fins at the tail end. These bombs weigh most at the tail and this end penetrates 1/2 to 1 meter into the ground. The surprising thing about these bombs is that none of them have yet exp- loded.

The bomb does not seem to be heavy. When they are dropped a flare is also released from the plane which reaches the ground. Mujahideen do not know yet about the bomb, how it can be defused and what is the

reason for using them. ,

AFGHAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN TEHRAN Thousands of Afghans living in Iran demonstrated in the cities of Tehran Qum, Shiraz and Asfahan to condemn the Communist Coup of 2 7th April. AFGHAN WS VOL II 86 P-5

More than one million Afghanrefugees are living in Iran,some of the Mujahideen organizationshave offices there and have permissionto work among the Afghan refugeesand publish papers.

Press Release Islamabad 4-5-1986 IN THE NAME OF ALLAH 11.00. a+m

The following is thetext of thepress conference given by Prof.Rabbani, spokesmanfor the coalition ofAfghan Mùjahi- deen.

The whole world including the Russiansthemselves know that thecxuel puppet,Communist regime of Kabul, which hasno support from thepeople of Afghanistan, has survived only withthe full support ofthe Russian Red Army.

We can not think of the present regime inAfghanistan as agovern- ment but only as ignoble servants of theSoviet Union. Through their pawns the Russians have committed unprecedentedcrimes and broken all forms of international laws. They have contravenedthe principle of non -interference ina neighbouring country.

By the merciless massacre on one million innocentAfghans; the destructionof at least 95% of the villages and towns;the destruction of economic foundations of the country whichwas based 90% on agriculture; by kidnapping our innocent children toeducate and indoct- rinate them in Marxis ideology; and committingcountless other crimes, the Russians have revealed the true natureon their made -in- Moscow proletarian dictatorship.

While Gorbachev is trying to attract theworld's attention particularly the West, for his so- called proposal for a settlementin Afgh- anistan, the Russian forces are engaged massacringour people, cond- ucting heavy bombardments and launchingmassive ground offensives against the Mujahideen and defenceless civilians,killing thousands of men, women andchildren.

While the Russians are trying-to confuse theworld with their propaganda, I would like°to clarify some relevantpoints: .ttajahideen are now stronger, more experiencedand better organized than before. TheRussians will never succeed in changingour absolute determination to gain the complete freedomof Afghanistan from their military presence. AFGHAN NEWS VOLS II 15--5-1986 P-b

2, We will use all kinds of internationalefforts for a peaceful solution to the Afghan issue, but underno circumstances shall bowto international pressure to agree toa solution which does not benefit our people.

3. We openly declarethat a political solution without theparticipation of a representative of the people ofAfghanistan (Mujahideen)will not be acceptableto us and will be rejected.

4. Any form of internationalguarantee, which directly or indirectly recognizes the puppet regimein Kabul now or in the future is not acceptable to us .

5. Since the Soviets are responsible for the present situation inAfgh- anistan we are not readyto accept any conditions in return for the withdrawal of the Soviettroops. We demand full compensation for material losses and forthose who.> >:have been killedas a result of the invasion.

6. We are ready to talkto the Soviets about the unconditionaland total withdrawal of theirtroops but we will not lay downour weapons until the last Soviet soldier hasleft Afghanistan.

,_7. We emphasis that Sovietclaims that the establishment ofan .Islamic government in Afghanistan would bedangerous for them, is totally groundless and onlya pretext for the pursual of their expansionist policy. We assure all the nationsof the world that we will live in peace with all nations,including the Soviet Union.

Afghanistan, until the Aprilcoup of 1978 had norma3frelations with the Soviets. We tookno hostile steps to provoke them. Their invasion of Afghanistan indicatestheir expansionist designs to reach the Indian Ocean and the Westof Asia. The Soviets on different occasions have admitted their mistakein installing aCommunist regimein Afghanistan, Gorbachev inone of his comments called Afghan- istan "a bleeding wound °.If the Soviets are honest they shouldshop their aggression and the killingof innocent people. They should not make this 'bleeding wound'deeper by continuing to send inixoops.

8. The withdrawal of Soviettroops in phases, over a long period of time is rejected byus. If they insist on this, it isa testament to their evil designs against= thepeople of Afghanistan and their intention to continue to expandinside and outside Afghanistan. The Soviets should withdraw theirforces immediately. The people of Afghanistan are able to determinetheir own future government. AFGHANMEWS VOL. XI NO.A3O 15 -5 -3. yì8ó

Finally I declare again that thecause of all these painful évents in Afghanistan is the Soviet invasion. Theyshould withdraw their forces from Afghanistan unconditionallyand end the blood bath them. The people of Afghanistan should be leftto decide their own future.

FROM NEHRU TO RAJIV

Ustad Khalili who is a living history of Afghanistan told thefollowing story: Zahir Shah visited India . Ustad was a member of the delegation,", Nehru invited the Afghan guests to his house. The luncheon was served in the garden. Nehru rotated among the tables to show his hospitality towards Afghans. He come to the table where Ustad was talking to same Indians. They were speaking in Persian. Nehru joined the conversation and showed interest in Perskan language. He told a story of hischild- hood. "When an Afghan delegation who were negotiatingthe independence of Afghanistan arrived in Ludhiana, the then capital of India , our parents sent us to the capital to stay there and every morning go near the guest house to -ee the Afghan delegation when they were going to the conference hall. Our parents prefered to said us to seeAfghan delegation than to go to school. This was due toourAmtents rant tbr hant. - -were. `stràgg .iCnOrkeri. *heirfreedom." History repeated itself. Now the struggle is between Soviets and Afghans. But the difference is that the daughter ofNehru could not appreciate freedom fighterg and did not support them. Nowis Nehs:uss grand sore ' s, Rajiv ' s, turn. So far he has also¡ailed to show hisrespect for the cause of freedom of Afghans. We hope kewould correct the mistake his mother committed anfollow what his grand father was admiring.

WAR NEWS FROM USSR AN ENGINEER FROM LENINGRAD

Thefollowingcomments,first One narrator's contributors weist published in the Russian - to CentralAsia and said that languagemagazine "Posayev" hospitals there were full of are a sampleoftheSoviet A PHYSICIST FROM LENINGRAD wounded and often crippled 'citizens'views concerning the soldiers. Officially at meetings warin Afghanistan. Note that As a wholethe peopledo not they may that only bandits, the Mujahedden are often approve of the occupation of hooligans, and basmachis, who are referred to as "basmachi" - the Afghanistan.Some say: "why have . supported by funds of . US bandits. we become involved in that imperialism are active in Afghan- affair ", others say:"of course istan. it is not good but if it has come to a war, then better not on our A WOMAN DOCTOR FROM LENINGRAD territory ". Several coffins have arrived People are very afraid about the near Leningrad, In Tolmachero AN ECONOMIST FRON LATVIA possibility of being sent to village alone,8 have arrived. The impression exists that more Afghanistan. If call up papers At one time in large cities there arrive there is first of all the people are drafted to Afghanistan were almost demonstrations fear: ,"where will they send us ?" fromthe Leningrad region than against the war in Afghanistan. from the city itself. Nobody even says anything openly, But this is no .longer thecase. but everybody is afraid: "and all Mainly because people are afraid: if they of a sudden to Afghanistan "? starttoprotest then more will be sent to Afghanistan. Everyone is afraid for their * a children. COURTESY: VOICE OF SOLIDARITY JAN - FEB 1986. A

NEWS A Biweekly. BulletinOfJanli/et Islami rost Box No.. 264,Pestxàwer Pakiisten. Vol. II, No.ii / 5/ 1986. 'I

1 A -.1. G EiTiVA TALKS

'Tow th 7th round'of.talks- are taking place in Geneva for a political :..solnionto-t he- --rir obl em o fgh1tEtr Sor r, ci rc1es,çon.cerned " E.:bout the pass ible-unjust_outopme-p-f---the.s e whIch_w0111(1-harm the l's(D7e of ,[J.ghanitan.

ujahideen are-those who are -primarily Concerned out these -t;---11%-s Their concern if, understaada-Qle.because.taLs are going on about' LIgh- anistan but the people of .,-,fghanistan have not been asked to take part In them. "ujahideen have repeated their positions on a number of occa- . sions. They will not-acct---the outcome of any Ialks which they do not take oart in. iujahideen think that-there-are-only two sides in the con- r-- flict in -fghanistans the Soviets who have invaded oux_country and the Lujahideen who defend it against the invaders.

An American official who was asked by the melabers of the congress about a Possible sell out of the Fifghan cause rejected the idea but gave unreasonab:_e explanations. He said that Lujahideen are not part of the negotiation because in 1932 ;Then the talks began the Lujahideen were not united,ïow that they have formed coalition they are being kept informed.. in 1T,32 the Lujahideen were not asked to take partso they were not given the chance to send a delegation. Now that theyare united they do not have =,y role to play except to wait forthe newsto reach them. The ouestion is not one of information. How cansomeone solve the problem of f,fghanistan while the people of Afghanistan co not have any opportunity to talk about ,the future of their country, ::ow cE:n some countries -provide guarantees for the implementation of the agreement in which the people of thalt country do not participate.

i:ore than that we witness a contradiction in the policy of those who support the Ceneva talks and at the same time vote for annual U.1T's resolutions. In the 2eneva talks there is no talk about the right of the oeople of l_fghanistan. for self-determination and the restoration of the non-aligncd status of Afghanistan. 4FGHAtk. NEWS VOL. II NO. 11 1-6-1986 P-2

While the annual resolutions of the U.Nare a good base for a political solution the Geneva talks in theirpresent formatwill not bring about any solution. If an agreement isreached that would legitimize the Soviet occupation and givelegal status to the notorious puppet regime, it would not bea solution but the begining of pore trouble for the people of Afghanistan, the regionand the world as a whole.

A CIVIL WAR OR THE WAR FORLIBERATION

The Soviets invaded Afghanistanin.1979. Since then more than 100,000 men of the Red Army havebeen engaged in a war against the people of Afghanistan. Their invasion under whatever name it hides , is considered by the majorityof the people of thelworldas aggression . The struggle of the people ofAfghanistan is aimed at getting the $0v- Lets out of Afghanistan. Thisis why their struggle isa war for liberation. Unfortunately some irresponsiblejournalists have started to call this war of liberationa civil war. They want to give the impression that Afghans are killing Afghansand this way minimise moralpressure for the Soviet soldiers. It may be that they are arguin0 that thepui)- pet army is fighting Mujahideen.However the role of the puppetarmy is secondary and reliescompletely on the Soviets for all theiractiv- ities.

Furthermore history has recordedthe fact that whenan invadingamy comes to occupy a land a few thousandmaterialistic opportunists bet- ray their people and join hands withthe invading army whilea large number of people axe also forcedto work for-the invadersas soldiers. The quisling regime in Finlandis a good example forunderstanding the puppet regime in Kabul. Beforethe Soviet invasion therewas a war in Afghanistan. People wantedto get rid of the Communistregime. The regime had the material support of the Soviets and Sovietadvisors even helped the regime against the Mujahideen. Onemay call that war a civil wax because it was not a direct invasion. After 1979 the situationcom- pletely changed and the war for liberation started which hascontinued ever since.

Some hard-line journalists use the term of rebel for Mujahideeneven after the invasion and wantto give legal status to thepuppet regime in Kabul. Once the writerof this article askeda journalist why heins- ists on calling them rebels when he knew that the Mujahideenaxe fighting against foreigners, not a legal government. He saidthat that was true but his boss likes it that way. I hope the directors of thepapers and news agencies becomemore realistic and mentionus by our truename not by the terminology whichour enemy uses. AFGHAIT NEWS VOL. II NO. 1-6-1906 41. N. -...... a..011.1.1.0...... /...... 4201=1.016. rlmPA.MIW.M,..mllmRmOw.IWOWi*,losawkAIWftreo_s-

CHERITO3YL DISASTER

Disasters are nature and the Chernobyl incidentwas on of them. iTo matter how much we hate the -Soviet government-we --can_not-criticise _thera for the incident itself.)hat is important here is the way Soviet leaders dealt with the disaster. They tried to keep it a secretforas long as possible and they tried to play down its dangers. Even though the in- cident_whie-1 Trill have an effect on the life of other people thousands .--of miles away can not be considered small. This incident revealedhe nature of Eoscowls-n ,dictatoxclhip_which Is af.zaidof-telling the truth to its people. 4 The Soviets claim that their system is the best 1hen such an.incidents occure they-try to, conceal it so as not to be criticised fox the- eir failure. This ,incident also revealed the true nature of the SoiAet .lack of care for millions of -people__outside-the-Soviet bor- , NEWS Fi;O: THE 3ATTLEFIELD

17-5-1986 HERAT PROVINCE Accordingto areport from Karukh district of Herat, Lujahideen. of Jamiat-

have_ been ableto liberate thevillages like Kohi Ohasht, 3ad.am Tow, 1:24-0.- 1 C.: -j,a7-11&...-"- Chawbi. ,These,vi.11a.ges_.have_been_unclex-enem,y-I-s control. ...eports_ add that during 3 daysoperation, V_ujahideen killed30 enemy soldiers and captured 31 light and heavy weapons. Five Uujahids-were_mart- yred and ten injured. JEGDALIK

. According to a re2ort from Jegdalik from 27Aprilto5IW lAijahideen successfulyattacked three times on three different posts and outposts, they were able to inflict heavy losses onthem.

3.HII TD DI.:..3'2:1 CT

On 23 April, the Soviets and DI-,A forces intended to close the route to province by using tanks and artillary. The fighting continuedfor

,--- hours. I ujahideen of Jamiat resisted well and as a result of which 20 Soviets and their nupnets were killed and many others wounded. One Lujahidwas martyred in the operation. During a clash between Lujahideen and Soviets near Chindand District the Soviets lost 2 -personnel carrier and its crew by rocket fire of Lujahid een. During this fighting 25 Soviet-puppet soldiers including Abdul dall commander o pun post weFe killed.

:ATIcorsyinDa.--zSPEAKS An Afghan Revis reportdr talked with asir Ahmad Choryani, a senior commander in Herat. Kere we present some of his views about himself and situation in Kerat. AFG1-74.1-1I\ME VOL. II 00. 1 -+6 `a1906 x ..

Commander 3horyani was a student in thefaculty of literatureof .°abul Universitybefore he joined the resistance in1330, He has been active inside .-:eratcity and has i c^wrticipc_ted in more thanonehundred--" Zi 7 ppe_t z. He has beencaptured twice by theenemy but was able to break-out-.,fr0all--a1«G-escape. The first time,he was ca::ptured on the il iarch 1370. Heand 60 other prisoners escaped from the orison bydigging a tunnel e__Umeter: long. .siggi>ng the tunneltoo'.:,z 25 nights using knifes andiron sp]..ci:es which were smuggled to thenby their relatives. That time heglas in je i/ .__f or e:months. _..r_c"" v.-.:--.w:-..c:e__.. _ --.c.^c--t-:.-:t.---ti-- COI1C>time Ce hada meeting with smite inforr,lero. `,hese men betrayed him,-_ s by a SPecial t.-eIl'C..2-'672.s_-cassec.t o:h him aevolizt ionaxyCourt. Cnly 3abrGk i s signátuxewas needed for the -execution ofthe order. Heand his friendo made a hole in` theceil- ing of theSJi.iJOnc..=ñC. jumped off the roof joining -..l-.laj-"hideei. whowere -p..tiec: on ;.y--or._e_ t 1 ; ;. ouaefier---:..roi :t.zejail. Then he was,..Whec: about latest situation In Herathe said that the i;uja:>'sdeen_ there--a~.e_sluing quite well. Chu]. an ,.-asoola militia _commander- was killed a few jeeko ago. The--comraander-oft3ae..bOrc7er puppet regime regiaen-t--af.. the was also killedrecently. He added thatthe enemy -policyct-tae und T.lOnme3?t1s,h2avy---,aerl.c^.l_-^'1el_g=a--. bombar-enentaeof'tïze _villages-1,rhich aims to destroytheir means living and drive of the,peopl e out oftheir country. -..oracer:.ni.ng :.>o-riet bases in thearea, the commander said iets had two that the Sov- _,=â.ii.n rJc^._:,eo there, namely ..>hin Csa:nC: and 1_irDa wood. :_e mentioned that theSovietswere making extensive use of SJ planesagainst 1`uj c,.hideen.The commanderhas seen sone very lOr4j rochetson long vei11- clez but foesnot know their name or othersoecifica.tionc. The hopes that t>±e commander ____a- --lra,ïn war willsoon come to an end ....Clr2.ti'r2 the because it has attention of Iranfrom the serious rder. problem on itseastern bo-

About Soviet _Ins in the area, the `,omnandersaid the formation militia unitsand the blocking of of supply routezof i :.ujahiceen ,priorities. The are their commander wasasked i:he had any leaders of the ,proposition forthe parties and hereplied they must be united''. t -.loutthe Problems for theï: uj - hi deen. he complainedof the lack of pons and ammunition. enough wea- He said thatthey do not even have minedetectors 0 clear the minefieldswhich the Soviets haveplanted insidethevilla- ges .?his is why : _a fa,.ideen and so manly people.are killed or, maimed added that in ,Thad? . He of _ezat, Soviet advisors are interrogatingprisoners. According to anotherprisoner, 1 the enemy has now built an underground orison in ::erat which is. . 0 stëps below the surfaceof the Sun -light reaches theprisoners, cou.:,lro ., ---- Commander G] horya:nibelongs to Jwmiat Islan-i Afghanistan-andworks closely unter có?>mander Tec_.a:.eilThan. AFdHANNfiWS VOL. Ii, NO.' 11 i-4-iu.....r.....wM.. 86 P-5 LESS FRUIT FOR MAZAR AREA

According to informed sources the people aroundNazar will have very little fruit this summer. The reason for this is that aftera very mild winter the blossom came eaaly but thiswas then destroyed by severe weather in the spring. Fruit compansates for the shortage offood. This year because of lade of rain and continous fighting the farm production will beless than last year and growing only a small amount of fruitadds to the problems of the people. DIVIDED FAMILIES

The war in Afghanistan isa disaster for the family system. Because of repeated offensives peoplemove from one place to another. Soue leave the country and become refugees in neighbouring countriesor other parts of the world. These people have left relativesbehind. Some times they are able to send letters but often theyeven do not know where members of their family are.

Lack of economic opportunities and forced conscription inenemy controlled areas have forced a large number ofyoung people to leave the country. They have left behind mothers, sisters,brothers even wives and bh- ldren.

There are thousands Who have children of 2 to 3 years oldwho they have never seen. They have only their photographs.

Imprisonment is another cause of separation. Thousandsof Afghans are suffering in jails and do not have permission to meet their families. By forced conscription a large number of peopleare taken to serve in the puppet army. They are either killedor blown up by mines when they want to desert. Others take refuge in neighbouring countries and their families do not know what has happened to them.The coup and e .<, then the invasion was a great blow to family life and this fideof our society has been hit harder tiaï öthers.

From all the signs one can see the tragedy will notcome to an end in the near future. Every effort is being made by theenemy to establ: ish themselves permanent. While this is happening theworld is paying little attention and the Soviets are not boing criticisedas they should beandAxeasonablestep is being taken to end this tragedy. As every one is a member of a family and knows how dear the family is more attention should be paid to this tragedy. N!W$ A Biweekly. k3ulxetxrx Of Jam, i'at A!`goliariistext Pcti£#t Box No. 264, Peshiewar-Paiiçi 11401"1 ' VOl ' II, No.12 , 15 I 6/_

PROXIMITY TALKS FACING ...wREAL rrPROBLEMS R The 7th round of Geneva proximity talks on Afghanistan started with a greatï;,deal of optimism but ended with no real achievements. They will start again later but they can not lead to real peace because they are not based on sound foundation,.

The desire for a settlement is foundevery where and Afghan people who suffer the most are more interested in peace. than any body else. But if the pease process is not based*on reasonable foundations the achievement of a peaceful solution isno moire than wishful thinking. The weakest point of these talks is the absence of Mujahideen and

Soviets. {the two parties of the war} Tfrom the talks. As far as we, knew there is no possiblity of such participation in the present format of the talks. The vague term of consultation with refugees will not satisfy the Resistance.

The Soviet absence makesany deal less Certain and not even worth trying. The Soviets have been given the status of guarantor equal to the status given to the Ù.S. It is a great tragedy to equate the two countries. One is the invader and the other is 'accused of helping the freedom fighters. This is In line with the Soviet:'s pretext that "for iegn intervention caused the invitation for the invasion".

The absence of an arrangement for the exercise of the right for self -determination, changes the whole talks to something which calls for the surrender of Freedom Fighters to the Soviets. This means the recognization of a regime which was imposed in 1979 by 85,000 Soviet troops. Even if this unjust arrangement takes place and -thepeople'of Afghanistan are deprived from a political base and access to free world media there are a large number of technical problems and possible Soviet reactions which are not yet answered..

If the refugees do not feel safe arid decide not to go back under the rule of the puppet ref gime and the Soviets what will happen? If they go , should they go with arms or without arms? should they go to ?r.j.berat -xl areas or Soviet- controlled areas. Once they:, are there, Nam yoz.. Ix » if the regime starts killing and massacring, as I am sure they will, who will stop it. I am also sure that the Nujahideen will not compro -` mise but will continue to fight (who can accept some one who is not part of the agreement' to abide by it). What will the Soviets do then? Will they stop pulling out their troops or if they see their puppets are in real danger would not they re- invade to rescuetheli?. If they did, what would be the world's reaction ?. What happens to ' all one -sided Soviet -imposed treaties signed between the puppet regime and their Mas- ters?. They have signed territorial concessions and mutual defence treaties. After the so- called peace agreement in Geneva all these treaties take a legal form and the Soviets will have a free hand to deal wAth the Resistance.

Because of all these concerns the Resistance believes that these present proximity talks will not lead to peace but to more complicated problems. If the Soviets are interested in peace they should endthe war which they have brought: The key to any solution is in the hands of the soviets unless they decide to solve the problem no peace will cone and the hard fact at the moment is that they have not decided to solve the problem, but to win through military means or deceitful policy

TERRORISMLISLAM AND AFGHANISTAN

Terrorism is a problem of today's world and some terrorist come from the Middle Last. This gives an opportunity for some to attack not only musli:ns but Islam. The Afghan cause is some how suffering from this

Terrorism is a problem. It is a global problem and can not be limited to one area. Terrorists come from all sorts of back -grounds and am not confined to one race or religion. While it is right to fight against them by'proper means one can see that such a war is not limited to the individual responsible for terrorist action. The ill -feeling generated by terrorist actions is against the terrorist's fellow countrymen.

Middle East is in turmoil. Several wars have been fought there and

still peace has not been achieved . Big massacres have taken place there with the support of one state or another. Because of all this it is an area where terrorism can be expected .

We I :uslins completely reject any type of violence in which innocent people are involved. We condemn individual terrorist actions and state - sponsored terrorise, be it of whatever political complexion.

The problem is that so- called anti -terrorist propaganda in the 'west is not limited to terrori9ts.Their race and religion is condemned at the sane time. In the West when somebody commits a crime he himself is an individual while an act of terrorism from an individual from the Middle East is attributed to Arabs and Islam. Due to lack of knowledge of Islam all this propaganda has negative effect on the Western mind AFGHAN NEWS VOL. XI NO. 6- 86 which is detrimental to muslims as a whole.

Thwimess media in the West is not reacting in a responsible way. It is not careful about the words it uses and the back -ground it shows. For example, when news of a terrorist crime is being broadcast on television a shot of muslims praying is shown. This gives the impression that all muslims are terrorists. If this situation continues and if the secret hands of Jewish and Christian fanatics continue to fan the fire, mutual suspicion between muslims and the Western world will increase. 'lane :> should not forget that the Communists (Soviets) are waiting to exploit this situation and spread their ideological and political influence in the Muslim world.

We believe prejudice against other religions is very rare in the Mus- lim world. uslims respect Moses and Jesus Christ as true prophetsand consider the old and new Testament books sent by Allah. The peopleof the book (Christians and Jews) are granted the right in Islam of pract-

ising their own religions. .

Apart from anything else the cause of Afghanistan is suffering too. We Afghans are muslims and our struggle against the Soviets is carried on under the banner of Islam. Since awareness of Islam is limited, any coverage of terrorists which blames Islam can cause reluctance amongst Western societies to support the just, clear and Islamiccause Afghanistan.

We hope that, the mass media in the West will behave ina more responsible way and attribute terrorist actions to the individualsor groups who do them, not to all Muslims and Arabs.

We Muslims believe that any action endangering the life of innocent people is wrong and reject it. At thesame time any counter -terrorist action which goes beyond proper limits and endangers the lives of innocent people is condemned. But any attempt to use individualcases to im- plicate Islam itself is a crime. The West should beon their guard against Zionist malice which seeksevery opportunity to defame Islam and muslims and finally no effort should be spared to solve the problemwhich underlçy terrorism, the sense of frustration felt by people driven from their homes and massacred in refugeecamps, a frustration which reveals violence itself in and can be used by irresponsiblepoliticians.

NEWS FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS x 7.-5-1986 FAKTIA PROVINCE

In an operation conducted. by I:ujahideen of Jamiat in Jajiof Paktia province, the Mujahideen encountereda detachment of Russian-DRA forces and after heavy fighting between the two sides, startingat 3:a.m ,more than 40 enemy soldiers were either killed or wounded. In addition, Mujahideen siezed five guns (two Goorinov machinguns, Klashinkov and2 AK -74s along with a heavy mortar). a Five i.ujahids were seriously wounded in the operation. Theareas are '

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under Mujahideen control and theenemy forces axe scattered over the area in defensive positions.

KABUL PROVINCE 26-5-86 attacked According to a report, NujahideenAa Russianpost including two residences of Soviet advisors in the Shena Gandooarea about three kilometers from Saroobi district. The attack resulted inthe killing and wounding of -°"-- 25 Russian soldiers and in the destructionof a military vehicle. 17-5-86 In a joint air and ground offensive by Russian-DRAforces on Nujlahideen bases in Teezin area,. the Mujahideen were besieged 1y the enemy for seven days. After raising the siege, the Mujahideen returned to their base without casualty. The Russians while entering the evacuatedhouses of people, poisoned food and gunned down animals suchas horses and donkeys. On theway,back two tanks and one oil-tanker. of the enemywere blown up by wines layed by the Mujahideen. 24-5-86 In an operation against theenemy, Mujahideen captured two DRA sergearilits along with three soldiers. The report adds that8 AK-47s and '2 AK-74s were also captured by i

. In retaliation, enemy forces air raided the Nujahideen-controlledareas and as a result some minor damagewas incured by the property. In return, the enemy lost 6 tanks destroyed by Mujahideen rocketfire.

22-4-86 HERAT PROVINCE An enemy armoured column comprising 200 tanks and ADCsproceeding to IZeeya Nigra area with the intention of wiping out Mujahideenbasesinthe aforementioned area encountered Mujahideen resistance withthe result that the enemy lost 21 soldiersamong whom was a political Commissarfrom 112th DRA brigade. 25-4-86 On the eve of 7th of Sour anniversary, the Russian-DWI forcesbacked by 300 tanks, infantry soldiers and long-range artillariesmoved towards Karta area. The enemy purpose was to deploy these forces inthe area for the protection of Soviet and government high-ranking officialscelebrat- ing the annivetsary in Hugh Kartaarea. \ The 1:ujahideen started shelling this locale withcannon and heavy guns resulting in the destruction of two tanks and thekilling of many officers and soldiers. 2-5-86

Nujahideen attacked enemy posts in Mughol Dacha and Suharareas and killed or wounded 20 soldiers and captured the rest. Thirtydifferent kind of rifles and a large quantity of ammunition were'alsoSeiiedfromthe enemy. AFGHAN NEWS VOL II NO 15--6- 986 P -5

INDIAN POLICE CONDEMNED

According to a report from Jamiat representative in India,Eng.Moha- mmad ICabir, Indian police authorities have not permitted Afghanrefugees in India to demonstrate against Soviet embassyto mark the blackday of 27th April -the day Communists took power in Afghanistan.

Jamiat office in India in a press release has strongly condemned the action taken by India or Ghandi dynasty police authority. The press release reads" "... we Afghan refugees took this undemocraticattitude of the government withgreat pain and distress that India being the non - aligned and democratic country playing with the sentiments of the Afg- han people ignoring all norms of humanity as well as its ageold relation with the 'afghan people ..."

RELATIONS WITH THE PUPPET REGIME ARE HARMFUL TO AFGHAN PEOPLE

The Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979.but still there are a lot of countries who have embassies in Kabul and are trading partners with the puppet regime. All these countries, on several occasions have rejected the legal status of the pup,aet regime and have not offered any formal _.recognition to it. These countries which include muslim countries; (except Saudi Arabia) non- aligned countries and ;iestern democracies have voted for the withdrawal of the Soviet troops and the recognition of the right of the people of ..fghanistan for self- determination. Sut still they have deplomatic relations with the puppet regime and the regime enjoys a normal trading partnership with them. We believe that any such relationships are a weak point which the Soviets and their puppets are fully exploiting.

Puppet Labrak some months ago mentioned that his regime has diplomatic relations with a large number of countries and that it is a sign of that his regime is enjoying de facto recognition.

It is incomprehensible howrbone could have a relationship of any kind, under any name with a regime which has come to power under the Soviets and does not control a major portion of the country o±' its population.

The time has cone to correct this and give recognition to the Afghan resistance and cut all relations with the puppet regime. The presence of foreign embassies in Kabul, under the protection of Soviet troops is a humiliation to the countries who keep them there.

We think most of the countries in the world have embassies in Moscow and there is no need for having a presence in occupied Kabul. We ask from all those who are concerned about the cause of the freedom of the ,afghan people to cut their relationship with the puppet regime and end the contradiction of verbal support for Nujahideen.. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. NO 1S-6-1986 P-6

A PAINFULr JOKE- - --

The newspapers have reported that thepuppet regime and the Soviet Union have signed an agreementon a phased withdrawal of Soviet troops if an agreement is reached inGeneva. By this the Soviets are trying to give the impression that there isa free government in Kabul which could ask for the withdrawal of the Soviettroops. This is an attempt to prove that they came at theinvitation of the Kabul regime: dY.new they will leave with theiragreement.

ß The whole world has rejectedthe idea of the invitation to invade and they know about thetrue nature of these types of agreements. A regime whose existence isguaranteed by the Soviet presence,a regime whose leader is replaced bythe Soviets, a regime whose institutions are answerable to Soviet advisors dannot have such agreements with the Soviets. Their relationshipis the relationship of masterand slave. All these gamesare to decieve world onion about the reali- e ties of the situation inAfghanistan and thereAsome who quote these as real developments.

If these so- called agreementsare given weight, the Soviets can sign thousands of them withtheir puppetsìs they have done in the past. We reject all suchsteps as propaganda games of the Soviets to decieve world opinion.

UMAR TALMASANY' S DEATH CONDOLEDBY MUJAHIDEBN

The leader of Egyptian muslimbrotherhood; Umar Talmasany died at the age of 82 last month.He spent 19 years of his valuable life in Naser's jail andsuffered in the defence of his belief.Talmasani as the leader of an Islamic movementtook great interest in thecause of the Islamic world, speciallythe Afghan cause.

He visited Pakistan and met with Mujahideen and Muhajureen(refugees) and exchanged ideas. Hisdeath is a loss to the Islamicmovement and we pray for his soul and hope that hisfollowers firmly follow his path, the path of revival of true Islamic order in all the muslimworld. r

NEWS A ë3i.we+el0,y: Bulletin. 'OfJaunnPeti: Alr4iïuxxxisfian. -, Post;l:' flax No 264IPeziPuitwar.-- Pakigit*n. Vol. .7[x, No. 13 ,1 / 7 /1986',; '

Thera has been n ] r. m.ltrn l c o I,:r'u'.ame on T. V News covering a demons - tration by people demanding the release of a few monkies froma zoó. This typo of event draws mole n.l torll::l,carr than the news of the. massacre of the people of Afghanistan At the hands of Soviets. For seven years a bloody war has been going on; half a million peoplehave diedand more than 'four million people have become refugees and 75% of abeauti.- fu]: country has been destroyed. A super power army of about 000,000is engaged in& iTAr against a nation which is fighting for its survival but very little is heard of it. Major hews agencies and T.V companies do not have reporters to cover the war. On the other hand the election in Austria is headline news for months and even small comments by Isrnl.].i leaders and individuals are projected every day. Can we call such media coverage independent and fair as they claim to be. Surely something is effecting the flow of the news and preventing itspublicity. Difficult terrain and circumstances and Soviet threats may be some factors, but we are afraid that the name of Jehad and Islam may have been the cause of such indifference and un- fair reporting.

While we are proud of our religion and our struggle for freedom,we do not see why it should prevent the news from being covered by the mass media. Under these circumstances we can not accept the claims of the We- stern media that they are reporting the facts and paying attention according to the importance of the issues. The future of a nation is much more important than the future of a fewmonkies but the mediathinks the other way round. . t 4 P-2 . . Ï'1aJ. VIA « 1. ..., ' ..... «...... , _...,.,r...... ,d -1......

N) wliN MOt TROP WITHDRAWAL . N1NrEN.M The Soviet leaders have tried to use the proximity talks in Geneva to gain time for a mili.t:rat.y victory. They are not sincere when they say that they intend to leave. ihu seventh round of talks which despitë a lot of optimism, failed to go any where because the Soviets wanted a withdrawal time of several years. They know that this demand is not' accept -, able to the other side and by asking for such a long time, they want to prolong the talks which have been going on since 1982.

If the Soviets were: ?ci.ncere about the w:i,thdr.awal they maynot need more than a few weeks to withdraw. But they are afraid of a quick withdrawal because they know that:thei.:r, puppets can not survive without tehe presence of Soviet troops.

In order to reach a true settlement the Soviets must forget about_ having a puppet regime in Afghanistan. Either they should stay and fight to preserve a puppet regime o.r, submit to the will of the people for their choice of government and the v UILdrawai of their forces. As long as they have not decided to accept tees right of the people for self- determinatior they have to stay ..sand right. From all the evidence it seems that at the mometent they do not halve lhe intention to withdraw, only to talkabout withdrawal.

C_N'IIv.l1r..ri TRY CRIMINALS

The first alleged N, as .l_ t,,a r. criminal to be deported from United States to the Soviet Union will;o on tri.yi next month. The war criminals of today try the wear: criminals ue'is past.

Mush is said and wr.i tl niì shout i, ghee crimes which Nazis have committed, Th( Fast and West are iat,:ll,:ing eaa01 otherto punish those who were their common enemy. We agree on punishing those who have caused the death of millions of innocent people.

We 'believe in tho rti:,i7'Ii c,ation of justice for all. What the Soviets are doing today in Afghanistan is similar to what the Nazis were doing in the past. So :Car t:he>oviet:s halm killed half a million people (out or ra pre-war population or ti's m i l l i o n ), have driven out more than four

::i.ra mi.l i( csns and the wir ot:t I l, What is the difference between the two? .

1.f the West:i in helping ghee v.I cII 4 lo try war criminals of the past

why are they nu 1 . demanding t h i n of wrart:'ri tuina.:ls who are responsible for trie death of half a miltion Afghans. Why are the Soviet leaders recieved as state guests with red carpet ceremonies?. It is shameful that the-criminals of today serve asra Jury for the criminals of the past. Crime is crime, committed byNa:?.i.s ca.c !! ;ov:i.cxlc; . Justice becomes the law of the world only if it is applied lu ail. II.ii)ucrncy and double standards can not solve the problems of injustice. Soviets are as criminal as Nazis and must be tried in the same court. AFGHAN NEWS P -3

!1W S FROM TLiiFR@T3' KUNDUZ PBOVXNCE 16.5.1986

According to a letter sent by Commander Masood , Mujahideen of four parties (Jamiat Is].wui, Harakat, Itehad and Hezb lslami (Khalis) in a successful coordinated operation have been 'able to capture9 enemy see - urity posts in Khanabad, Sh*hran and Kunduz city.

The letter reports also that Mujahideen attacked Kunduz Airbase and some other Russian and DRA bases in the area. During these operations a Mujahids were martyred. No enemy loss has been reported.

The letter adds that the following day many civilians were either killed . or injured by heavy enemy bombardments Us ng long -range axtillary.

ANDARAB or LIAGHLAN PROVINCE 23.5.$6 The'"save letter Says that Mujahideen jointly attacked Andatab, a strategic district on the north of Panjshir. Foul armoured carriers were des troyed, 40 pieces of light weapons, seised, 20 enemy soldiers captured and 70 killed. From Mujahideen side :14 were m*)GNrsra and some wounded.

Z.7Aó The letter adds that the Nahrin government Division has been under Muj- ahideen attack for two days in which many enemy soldiers were either killed or wounded, 14 soldiers along with their weapons were captured and a tank destroyed.

- 12.7.86 In order to protect their convoy proceeding from Khanabad to Eshkamish, the Russians attacked the areas between';the mentioned places with ground ' and air forces. The letter says that Mujahideen, despite heavy bombardwents, were able to stop the convoy. In the operation,,five Mujahids were martyred and

many injured. . The letter also reports that for one month the Russians have heavily bombarded Andarab, Nahrin, Khoost, Eshkamish, Panjshir and Salang. The bombardment is unprecedented. It starts from 41am and lasts until'94pm.. Jets bombard during the night in the light of flares. More than 50 civilians were martyred and at Least a hundred wounded. The bombardment is

still continuing. . 30.5.86 According-to the letter, park, Gulabuddin a high -ranking militia officer along with his four assistants have been killed by Mujahideen in Anda arab. r AFGHAN NEWS A 19,6.86report from Jegdalik says that Mujahideen of Jamiat ambushed a Ruusho, JEGDALIK FRONT SKAI3ULÌPROVINCEI ning.tanitsAboutian convoyMujahideen 25and Russian APCsproceeding were and abledestroyed.DRA to soldiersJegdalikto stop Two thewereat Mujahids Tangaiconvoy either Abrishumiwereat killed 6 martyredO'clock. or early injured and in two theand inj- mor-4 Accordingured,15.6.86 the to report a telephone says. call received from Jamiat Office in Mashpad I-IBRAT PROVINCE Mujahideentheof Iran,Russian in were -DRAa series ableposts, toof especiallywipeoperations out around theconducted 'security 30 posts under belt'in Commanderthe around Areas the. Esmailof -barbcity, on a security regiment in the city ofKandahar Herat. and Darb Malik in addition to . the1In operation.'this operation, t`tujahidoenrca and captured Killed 40 rand t1w.rn, wounded about 200 enemy so1d,- I i om the Mujahideen side, 5 were killed in thelaunchedIn14.6.86 ground;a large by jointthe-scale enemy Russian oCfensive faced -i)IZA Mujahideenon Mujahideenforces andresistance basessupported ,in four Kakarifrom days. the and airTwenty Darab and so- , 5.5s86operation.wereldiers destroyed. were captured Seventeen and 16Mujahids military were vehiclesi wounded andand armoured8 martyred carriers in the LOGAR PROVINCE AfterAccordingingloyed atlearning athe largeto destructiona thisreportdetachment the received Mujahideenof ofMujahideen their from attacked troopsLogar bases province,in thein Kamal thetroops area.Khailthe and villages killed aro-aim- enemy had dep- my'sSixund10 Mujahids35piecesretaliatory enemy of includingsoldiers AK bombardment-47s along inthree 9 hourswith andwomen ashellingof T.Tand continous pistol.children of BM fighting -13 artillary and seized which about pou- were killed during ene- nded the civilian targets for three days resulting in the destruction . of two villages. Greece is a democratic PROPAGANDA NEEDS CORRECTION country and the people there enjoy freedom, hanistan.thewhich U.N they resolutions appreciate asking and value.for Butthe In thewithdrawal the recent past Greececommentsof Soviet has of forcesbeen the votingPrime from 41inisterAfg-for of Greece show that he hanistan.is : against destabilization of regions like Libya, Nicaragua and Afg- AFGHAN NEWS VOL II NO. 13 1.7 --1986 P-5

His honourable the Prime Minister is confusing separate issues. The situation in Afghanistan is completely different. In Afghanistan theregime (which was a c ommtinist one) was deposed by the Soviet invasion and a puppet regime was imposed by them in Kabul. Soviet arguments that they were invited to Afghanistan are rejected by U.N resolutions which Greece has voted for.

His honourable the Prime Minister should not be misled by the Soviet propaganda. Equally one should not be misled by the democratic nameof the puppets. 75% of Afghanistan is destroyed, half a million people have been killed and more than four million others have become refugees. All this would not have happened if the regimewas popular or the Soviets were not there. His honourable the Prime Minister should not provide justification for the existence of a quisling regime which hascome to power byuse of foreign forces and will survive only as long as they stay.

We hope this statement is a slip of tongue, not a policy, because we can not beleive that his Excellency the Prime Minister of Greece would support a regime which was established by foreign forces and does not have any support internallyor externally. In Afghanistan the case is clear. The war there is a true liberationwar against the Soviets. The - role of the puppets is no more than the role of traitors and traitors do not deserve any sympathy.

On the other hand we are aware of the feelings of the Prime Minister about U.S military action in Libya to help the contras. But the war in Afghanistan is not .a U.S- sponsoredwar. It started with a national decision and will continue untilwe decide it should end. We are part of the muslim wprld, and non -aligned and third world. countries. It is notnece- ssary that a war against a super power is controlled by the other. May be in the past some liberation movements committed that mistake. Weare independent and the whole idea of thewar is to win our full independ-

ence. . .

Even in these difficult moments when we are facing a super power enemy with empty hands we have raised our voices against injustice committed anywhere by anybody. Our position towards the Palestine cause isa good example. We reject the injustices against the people of Palestine. We do this when the P.L.O. ' leadership isa close friend of our enemy, the Sov- iet Union and opposes Mujahideen.

We assure his Excellency the Prime Minister and the rest of the world that the war in Afghanistan is the war of a nation who want to live free, free from outside lflf.Ï.tt6 n6e. it i. a noble aim and Afghans deserve every sort of help and encouragement: in their difficult but noble mission. AFGHANN E WS

A FORTNIGHTLY BULLETIN OF JAMI'AT ISLAM! AFGHANISTAN Post Office e Box Na 261, Peshawar- Pa istan Vol. No.14,15 7'/ 1986.

A BIG POLITICAL STEP The official visit of the delegation representing the Islamic Alliance of Mujahideen of Afghanistan from U.S.A., France and Saudi Arabia was a great political step towards the recognition of the Alliance and a major political initiative. The war in Afghanistan has both military and political dimensions. The two develop together, lack of attention towardsone or the other would have disastrous consequences for the outcome of the struggle. From the military point of view the Mujahideen have made a lot of progress. They are now better organized, better coordinated and have improved their knowledge about enemy tactics andweapons.. They control more than 80% of the land anda major portion of the population. The world hasstartedtotake theMujahideen seriously in the military field and even the Soviets have called the war of Afghanistan a"bleeding wound ". Soviets on different occasion have dealt with the Mujahideen in exchange of prisoners. On the political front more is needed to be done. The Soviets have been condemned by a majority in the U.N. General Assembly. They havé been condemned in several conferences convened by the O.I.C. and non- aligned countries. This isa positive sign for the resistance. Despite this, the puppet regime is stilla member of the United Nations and non -aligned movement. It has embassies ina lot of non -Communist countries and these countries have a diplomatic presence in Kabul. The puppet regime has trade relationships with a lot of countries.

The Resistance, on the other hand, is not recognized byany country as the sole representative of the people of Afghanistan and no country deals with it directly. After 7 years of war, after loosing 500,000 martyrs (U.N. Human Rights Commission report) and 5 million refugees,we are still not a part of the political process which deals with the problem of Afghanistan.This is a sad thing and it must be corrected.We have to be recognized as the sole representative of the people of Afghanistan. The Resistance must get the seat of Afghanistan in the O.I.C., U.N. and non-- aligned countriesmovement. We must AFQHAN NEWS VOL. I I NO. 14 15-7-1915 WWI 2

To do all this. the Resistance has to form asingle political organization to be used as a candidate. TheIslamic Alliance of Mujahideen of Afghanistan is such an organization.Now we have a single spokesman (taking office for threemonths) and he can represent all Afghanistan in any political process.The Alliance is the means not the end. The purpose of having anAlliance is to involve the Resistance in political process. In the past each spokesman has led a delegation toU.N. General Assembly, O.I.0 meetings and other occasions.

The present official visit of the Alliancedelegation headed by e Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, the currentspokesman of the Alliance, is one such a step but a very important one.We say important because of the following reasons: 1- The proximity talks in Geneva have reached a so-called Critical point without the participation,consultation and even the full knowledge of the Resistance. 2- The Soviets have launched a political andpropaganda offensive parallel to their ever -escalatingmilitary offensives. They have tried by different means to deceive worldopinion and gain recognition for the puppet regime. Human suffering has reached newdimensions. Famine and massacre are threatening millionsof Afghans. Conspiracyagainst refugees in neighbouring countries hasreached new peaks and Pakistan air and ground space is being violateddaily. Because of all of these the time had come totake political steps and demand our natural rights. The Mujahideen delegation was received officiallyin the countries it visited. Its delegates were treated asheads of state. The delegation explained the situation in the warand demanded the recognition of the Resistance as the solerepresentative of the people of Afghanistan. They criticised the double policy of verbalsupport for the Resistance while keeping diplomatic and traderelationships with the puppet regime.The delegation clarified its position onthe Geneva talks and warned against deals madebehind the backs of the Mujahideen. Making use of the occasion. the public in thesecountries were told about the problems and demands of the peopleof Afghanistan and the atrocities of the Soviets against the peopleof Afghanistan. During the trip big meetings took placewith Afghans living in these countries and they were told about themilitary and political situation in Afghanistan. The Islamiccommunities and some muslim leaders were also met. Generally speaking the visit was a useful political step. The only draw -back to this visit was the open opposition of two leaders of the Resistance. Although these two were the minorities they could not keep quite. While we know what they are saying, we can not accept their reasoning. A delegation headed by Prof. B. Rabbani will not do anything to harm the Resistance. The delegation was fully aware of the delicacy of the situation and on several occasions announced that it had not come to make Afghanistan' an East -West issue. The delegates openly said to American leaders that Afghanistan is an Islamic country and belongs to the muslim world. The Resistance must behave in a reasonable way. We have to take our cause every where and demand our natural right from everybody. The Resistance on different occasions has said that it demands from the Soviets unconditional withdrawal of their forces from Afghanistan is ready to talk to them. If the Resistance can sit with the Soviets there is no reason not to sit with others who have not been responsible for the present situation in Afghanistan. On top of all this there is no Islamic law which prohibits such contacts. At an Islamic movement the Afghan Resistance must follow the precepts of Islam not of individuals.

SOLIDARITY WITH AFGHANISTAN

The underground leadership of the solidarity movement in Poland declared the first of May the day of "Solidarity with Afghanistan"

This is a friendly gesture towards thecause of the people of Afghanistan and all Afghans congratulate the Solidarity movementon this occasion. We support the struggle of the Polish people for democracy and freeedom from foreign influence.

LEADER'S VISIT TO U.S.A. CRITICISED BY THE PUPPET REGIME

On June 18, the puppet regime criticised the Alliance Delegation's visit to the U.S. The puppets called this visit an interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and threat to the so-called"political settlement" of the Afghanistan issue.

THE JAMIAT DELEGATION'S TRIP TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

A delegation from Jamiat, headed by Dr. Abdul Hay, the Chairman of the Education Committee of Jamiat Islami visited Iran in the middle of May.

The delegation took part in the Al-Quds conference whichwas convened in Qum. The leader of the delegation told the conference about thesituation in Afghanistan and about Islamic nature of Jehadmovement in Afghanistan. Dr. Abdul Hay also met his Excellency the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic and discussed matters of mutual interest. The delegation visited Afghans living in Iran and heard their problems and briefed them about the situation. The delegation paid a visitto the border areas between Iran and Afghanistan and met with elders, Ulema and Mujahideen from the Western parts of Afghanistan.

The delegation reviewed the religious and secular schools established by jamiat in Khurasan province in Iran and advised on the improvement of educational activities.

It should be mentioned that more than one and half million Afghan refugees are living in Iran.

NEWS FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS NORTH EAST OF AFGHANISTAN

On June 6,the first day of Eid (celebration of the end of Ramazan) the enemy started aerial bombing on Khost -O- Fering (a District of Baghlan province) and Eshkamish (a District of Takhar province). Bombing started from 3 a.m. and continued until 9 p.m. In the first days of the attack the targets were mosques, Bazars, villages and 'Eid' celebration grounds. Later the bases of Mujahideen and heavy weapon emplacements were hit.

Later enemy artillary also took part in the bombardment. On June 16th, the enemy ground forces started an offensive against Eshkamish.

On June 1 8th, Soviet heliborne troop landed in Khailab valley (a deep valley between Eshkamish and Khost -O- Fering). The enemy forces faced severe resistance from local Mujahideen and Central Forces units. Four transport helicopters were shot down and 50 enemy Commandos were killed. The body of one ofthe enemy Commanders fell into the hands of Mujahideen from whom maps and other valuable documents were recovered.

After four days, according to reliable sources in the Mujahideen the enemy had lost seven helicopters and three jets and casualties (killed and wounded) have reached 150.

Casualties among ordinary. people, specially during the first days when villages and mosques were bit were around 250 (killed and wounded). So far the Mujahideen have lost 20 men and others have been wounded. The fighting is still going on when this report was written (24 May). REPORT FROM LOGAR PROVINCE

15/6/1986. Mujahideen of Jamiat in Baraki Rajan District and Mujahideen from other parties attacked the enemy garrison in Puli -Alam (provincial capital). Mujahideen made use of 107mm rockets, recoilessrifles, and mortars to pound enemy positions heavily. Thirty eight puppet troops were killed. 11 others were wounded. Two enemy heavy machine gunsand several AFVs and trucks were destroyed. Because of enemy artillary fire several houses in the area were also destroyed.

BERAT PROVINCE

According to the reports reaching here Mujahideen have been very active. against DRA forces in the last few weeks. The purpose of these attacks has been to destroy security posts established by the enemy around the city.

16/6/86. Mujahideen in a coordinated surprise action attacked all around the city; several areas of the city were cleansed of the enemy's presence.

As a result of these operations around 200 enemy soldiers were killed or wounded and 30 puppet soldiers were captured.

14/6/86. The Soviets launched an offensive in the border area of Gulran- Kuhsan. They faced severe resistance by Mujahideen headed by Haji Khan Balooch. Fighting continued for four days. Sixteen enemy tanks and trucks were destroyed. Twenty puppet soldiers joined the Mujahideen. Seventeen Mujahids were injured and 8 others were martyred.

1.9/6/86. A Soviet -puppet convoy which was composed of 800 tanks and trucks wanted to enter Herat city.Eight tanks were destroyed and 40 puppet soldiers and officers were captured. Mujahideen captured the following items:

1- 150 AK -47 2-1 Dschk 3-20 Machine guns 4-5 radio sets 5-200,000 rounds of ammunition

Fifty enemy soldiers were killed.The Mujahideen lost 7 men, 60 people including civilians were wounded. Fighting continues in allparts of Herat, Statement of the Delegation of the Afghan Alliancepresented by Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani current spokesmanon Monday, June 16, 1986, at the National Press Club Vashington.D.C.

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH Today, I Burhanuddin Rebhan",and my distinguished members of the Alliance, Pit Sayed AhmedGalIan", Prof. Sebgatullah Mojadedi and Moulavi Nabi Mohamed' havecome to the United States ona our first official visit as a delegationto your nation's capital. We have come to meet withleaders of this nation and to present our cause before the court of world opinion. This morningwe met *ith President Reagan in the Oval Office where he pledged his support.

As you knew, the Soviet Unioninvaded our country on December 22, 1979 while the Westwas celebrating Christmas, with, more than 85,000 troops. Immediatelythey seized the presidential palace, killed then president HafizullahAmin and installed Babrak Karmal, a puppet they trained.

What followed was the almostsystematic attempt to destroy our nation. More than 70% of thevillages and towns have been destroyed by Soviet air attacks.The land has been made useless. Food is very scarce aridsigns of famine are evident in the Northeast and Northwestprovinces.In additionall hospitals outside of Communist -controlledcities were destroyed.

Now they are employing150,000 Soviet troops includingSpetsnaz (special forces).Nightime assaults along theborder are more frequent and it is more difficultto deliver supplies.In addition Communist backed terroristattacks in Pakistan and bombings across the border have dramatically risensince Gorbachev came to power.Although the Soviets havedestroyed most of our land they have not destroyedour faith and our determination to fight this war to the last Afghan.

As representatives of theAlliance we have come to show the world that weare united and strong. We enjoy popularsupport both inside our country,where military cooperation hasincreased, and in the refugeecamps where one third of the populationnow lives.Ourchangesofleadershiphavebeensmoothand cooperative. Soon we willopen up offices throughout the world. Now that the Mujahideen have an Alliance, now that the Geneva proximity talks have reached a so- called critical point, this is the best time for all those who believe in freedom to give us the credit of being the sole representative of the Afghans.As true and just peace can not be brought about without ourfull participation. We have the support of all of our people and control most of our land. So we ask "how can those countries in the U.N., who love freedom, continue to allow the puppet Kabul regime in the U.N. ?" It is natural for us to desire and call for our friends, the freedom - loving people throughout the world, to cut off diplomatic, political and economic ties to the puppet regime and to recognize us as the legitimate representatives of the Afghan people. We Afghans, have struggled for more than six years to achieve peace and freedom by _trying to rid ourselves of the Soviet invader. True and just peace can only be obtained through the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of the Soviet Union. We feel that a political solution or negotiated settlement is not possible without the full participation of the Afghan Alliance in the Geneva talks. Self- determination for the Afghans must be guaranteed: we will not accept the current puppet Kabul regime. What can be accomplished from these so -called "proximity talks" in Geneva? We do not believe that the Soviets have any intention of withdrawing. Ever since the war began they have "talked" about leaving. While they have ordered their puppets to negotiate the Communists have escalated the war inside Afghanistan as well as terrorism in Pakistan. In fact these current negotiations are a part of the Soviet political strategy and propaganda.It is designed to fool the world into believing that the Soviets are reasonable men who seeka reasonable way out of the war. The Soviets will only leave if they pay a higher material and political price. Only when many more of their men are killed, or when. more Soviet Gunships are destroyed, when mothers complain about their sous who are killed or wounded, when the world cries out for justice in Afghanistan so loudly--will the Soviets consider withdrawing.

But to accomplish this, we will need more military andnon- military support and international political pressure. The change in leadership of the Kabul regime is cosmetic and meaningless. It is the replacement of one puppet with another puppet. The call for elections, the grand assemblies done under KGB and !Chad supervision are a hoax. We ask the world opinion to be careful in the sight of this propaganda offensive. We do not understandhow the Westcan be fooled by Mikhail Gorbachev. It istrue that heseems friendly.But under that smiling face is the ironclaw of the bear.Since Gorbachevcame to power, atrocities have increased,terrorism and borderviolations in Pakistan havedramatically risen.Soviet Spetsnaz troops (special forces)are now launching nightimeassaults with greater effectiveness along theborder of Pakistan. though is more difficult. Getting supplies Do not let the smilingGrbachev fool you. He is responsiblefor the burningto death of innocent Afghan children, theuse of toy bombs whichmaim them for life and the Sovietization ofour country by thekidnapping of children for Communist indoctrinationin the Soviet Union.But Gorbachev has not broken our will- -- he has only strengthened it. We find it hardto understand whythere is so little media coverage here of thiswar. I was told that last hour of national TV year less than one news coverage was givento Afghanistan in this country. Yetwe have seen offices in Pakistan many journalists come throughour en route to Afghanistan.And we haveseen them come out withvery-good filmfootage. How is the world to know ofour struggle if theyare not shown and not told? Canwe afford ignorance throws of being when our nation is inthe destroyed.More than 1.5million have been killed, 5 millionare exiles and an additional2 million are internal refugees. Everyonehas been toucheddirectly by thewar and nearly every Afghansupports ourcause. It liberation movement, is true national one the Soviets would beenvious of. The key toany solution is theexistence of The resistance a stronger resistance. willbecome strongerifitisgiven appropriate materialhelp. more I would liketo conclude byreading to famous commander. you a letter froma very

.. I REGRET THAT I CANNOT BE WITHYOU, BUT WE .I.IAYE ALMOST RUN OUT OF .FOODAND MEDICAL SUPPLIES. IN ADDITIONI .ffA YE NO BLANKETS FORMT MEN...

AFTER YEARS ...OFFIGHTING ONE OFTHE WORLD'S POWERS, OUR ONLY GREAT SUPER VICTORY HAS BEENTO ESCAPE TOTALDEFEAT E YEN IF THE RESTOF THE WORLD WE WILL CONTINUE TO IGNOREOUR CAUSE FIGHT ON .A9R WEARE FIGHTINGNOT ONLT FOR OURSELVES BUT FORALL MANKIND. WE ARE FIGHTINGFOR FREEDOM AND.HUMAN.DIGNITT AND THE RIGHT TOWORSHIP GOD.. I URGE YOUTO TELL THE WORLD OF OURPLIGHT AND SENI) WHATEVER HELP YOUCAN

GOD BLESS YOIlFOR CARING ENOUGH TO READMYLETTBA " This was written by General Washington inSeptember 1180 at the valley Forge but couldhave easily been writtenby one of us. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDATTENTION. AFGHANNEWS

A FORTNIGHTLY BULLETIN OF JAMI`AT ISLAM1 AFGHANISTAN Post Office Box No 261, Peshawar- Pakistan Vol. 11, No. 15, 1/8/1986.

TO A.TIIOSE MO BELIEVE 1 FI RFEDO.M Afghanistan was invaded in 1979_ Since then, the Soviets and their puppets have killed more than 500,000 innocent Afghans (U.N report on violation of Human Rights in Afghanistan). destroyed 75% of all towns and villages,have driven 5 million (out of 16 million pre -war population) out of Afghanistan and made more than 2 million internal refugees. But still most countries have embassies in Kabul and the puppet regime has embassies in these countries. While 123 countries have voted in the U.N General. Assembly against the occupation of Afghanistan still the puppet regime is occupying the Afghanistan seat. Afghanistan is an occupied country and the regime is a puppet regime. Still it represents Afghanistan in the non- aligned movement. We think it is an injustice which needs correction. We demand that:

1.All the countries who believe in freedom and oppose Soviet occupation should close their embassies in Kabul and expel the puppet regime's representatives from their own countries.

2.All sort of trade relatioships with the puppet should be cut immediately.

3.The Afghan Resistanceshould berecognizedasthesole representative of the people of Afghanistan and be entitled to occupy the seat of Afghanistan in O.I.0,non -aligned countries movements and all the 11,141 organizations.

Sincerely Yours The Oppressed People of AFGHANISTAN. STATE_SPüNS4RED TERRORISM

The Soviet Union is one of the countries which haveused terrorism for its political aims. It has trained and equipped terrorists directly or indirectly.Soviet terrorist activities in Afghanistan and Pakistan is obvious . Everybody knows that the real leaders in Kabul are the Soviets, so they are responsiblefor every thing which is done by their puppet. In the past terroristshijacked a Pakistani plane to Kabul and killed an innocent person. Theterrorists were given better weapons and other assistance.

The world reaction was against a puppet regime which has no powernot against e the real criminals, the Soviets. Then they started kidnapping someforeigners from Pakistan and after several months of keeping them,released them. The countries concerned thanked the puppet regime (while theSoviets deserved condemnation). Now they are sending bombs againstcivilian targets in Pakistan. The main targets are -Pakistani civilians and defencelessrefugees,

On July 13th, aland mine planted by the Soviet agents killed ten and injured9 Afghan Refugees in Kuram Agency. These types of incidents are repeated every day.

We do not know why the world is not quick in condemnátion of Soviet policies.

Is it not a big crime to bomb the villages and towns of Afghanistan andforce the population to leave the country and then kill them in theirrefugee camps? We are surprised by the world lack of attention. Soviets terrorismhas no boundary. Soviets are the real criminals behind any terrorist action inthis area because they are the real masters in the occupied parts of Afghanistan.

DIVISION IN _`HE PUPPET RANKS

Division among the puppets is a chronic disease which is incurable. Several attempts of the Soviets in the past to bring the factions together dividedthem more.

The recent step of replacing Babrak by Najib is one of those attempts. Now Najib has started to purge his opponents in the party and government which leads to more division. It is a custom in Communist regimes that theydo not criticise the leaders in power. When they are out of power then accusations and purges of their followers start. Najib, the new leader of the puppet party has dismissed some people and reinstalled some others andiscriticisingthe way some people in the government and party work. This is not new. When the Communists made the coup they accused baud of being the last remnant of the royalfamily, a dictator etc. Amin accused Taraki of lawlessness and individual dictatorship. Babrak accused Amin for every bad thing which had happened to Afghanistan. Najib has started to criticise and replace the people close to Babrak but it takes time before Babrak himself is accused of committing crimes against the party and people.

Since the differences are deep -rooted, it can not be cured by the change of leadership. The change of one puppet by another is the sign of frustration of Moscow leaders and the failure of their policies in Afghanistan.

NEWS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD

MAZAS -1- S 421, 3/4/1986. Mujahideen attacked the Langar Khanapost and killed 5 puppete soldiers.

27/3/86. Mujahideen attacked theenemy post in Dawlat Abad Districts destroyed two tanks and a 66 -Gaz trucks. All the occupants of the tanks and the truck were killed.

30/6/86. Enemy ambushed Mujahideen in Shadianarea, 3 Mujahids were martyred. Eight soldiers and officer of theenemy were killed in the clash.

2/7/86. Soviets attacked Mujahideen controlledareas in Shadian .Twenty nine soldiers were killed. Two Mujahidswere martyred and two others were wounded.

16/7/86. Soviet bombed Shoolgar District. Mujahideen andpeople had no casualties.

17//86. A Soviet advisor, a Khad agent anda captain of the puppet army were assassinated by Mujahideen in Hayratan.Hayratan is a town on the Soviet. border through which most convoyspass from the Soviet Union.

10/7/86. Mujahideen attacked threeposts in Baghi Raq area of Balkh district. The posts were destroyed and the soldiers stationedthere were killed. No figure for the casualties is given.

ilADAINSIFA1V PRO VM In a series of attacks in the last two months,Mujahideen of jamiat in Warduj valley have killed 200 enemy soldiers andhave captured 134 different types of guns, 200,000 rounds of ammunition and quantities of food stuffs.Twelve Mujahids have been killed and 20 others have beenwounded.

Varduj is a narrow valley extended fromthe border town of Eshkashim (on the Soviet - Afghan border 1 to Baharak sub-district. This valley was liberated in 1979.

The upper end of the valleywas invaded and closed in December of 1979. This valley which is about 60 Km long isthe shortest distance by road to theSoviet border from Faizahad the provincial capitalof Badakhshan. In the last few ANIIMINEWS YQL. II N0. 15 1/8/1986 PAGE 4 months Soviet. have established new garrisons along this valley and forced Mujahideen out.

Mujahideen have restarted their activities . The Mujahideen of the area are commanded by Najmuddin who has resisted the Soviets since 1979. This area is mountanous and very cold. The people and Mujahideen need to bring their food from outside of the valley.

WARM, PRO 16/7/86. Mujahideen attacked the enemy headquarters in Maidan with 1 07mm. rockets. A car and two buildings were hit. Twenty enemy were killed and some other were wounded. Twenty soldiers joined the Mujahideen.

ZOGAR PROVINCE 5/7/86. Soviets bombed Pad Khab and Lai Khail villages of Logar. TwentY houses were destroyed and one woman was martyred.One of the enemy Jets was shot down by Mujahideen. The enemy has used time -bombs for the first in the area. AZ= PROVIMI 16/7/86. Mujahideen of Jamiat attacked a convoy near Kalakan sub -district, along the Salang highway. Four tanks, 9 oil -tankers and 10 trucks were destroyed. The road was closed for 5 hours.

In retaliation the enemy bombed the village of Sanglakh in Estalif, 8 womenand children were killed and 4 others were wounded

AlumI OVI, Charnli post dominates the junction of two rich and fertile valleys in Northern Paktia. All the surrounding villages have been heavily bombed by the Soviets, and the local population were forced to flee to neighbouring Pakistan with what little they could carry . The post is garrisoned by about 300 Afghan conscripts, press -ganged from various parts of the country, it is commanded by Soviet and

Afghan army officers. Immediately around the post is a minefield ,which acts more as a detterent to desertion than as a defensive measure.

At 6.00p.m on the 25th of June a group of 14 Mujahideen, under the command of Miralam of the .jamiat Islam' party, attacked the post with. 2 M75 recoiless rifles and an 82 /mn,m mortar. In all 26 rounds were fired at the post and 2 direct hits were scored: the post retaliated with a heavy mortar barrage and Soviet artillary was called down on our position.

At 8:00 p.m, as the light faded, the attack ceased withno casualties to the Mujahideen. It was learnt from reliablesources, that 22 Afghan army dead evacuated by helicopter the following day. In all itwas a well planned and well executed operation. Miralam and his group of Mujahideen showedgreat courage and coolness under fire from an enemy with far more firepower at their command. AFGHAN NEWS VOL.!! KO. 15 1/8/198. PAGE 5

ARE NOT YOU WORRIED?

A lot of journalists covering Afghanistan , these days ask the question "Are not you worried about the Soviets and their puppet regime propaganda about elections. broadening the base of the government etc ? ".

The answer is we are not worried about the people of Afghanistan.but we are worried about the outside world who may be misled by our enemy propaganda.

The reason. for this is The outside world see the propaganda face of the communist regimes. Because of lackof contact the people rely on the information provided by these governments. What isprovided by themishighly censored and full6f propaganda since itis repeated every day, after some times people start to believe it. The situation becomes more dangerous when the (onimunists use sophisticated ways of telling lies the way Gorbachev doesThis is why we are worried about the outside world.

Communists now have left their rhetoric of the Leninist-Stalinist times.Now they do not speak very much about class struggle, proletarian dictatorship, historical determinism etc.

Now they come with an army and claim that they have been invited. They invade a country and make use of the articles of the U.N Charter . They kill half a millionpeople and keep the rest of the world in the dark by killing and frightening journaiists.They drive 5 million people out of a country and call them nomads or decieved elements.

Now they have started to talk in a more sophisticated way. While they are escalating the war, bringing more troops and new weapons, talk about peace and intention to withdraw. They change one puppet for another and call it a big change, They talk about election, inclusion of some non-Communist elements in the government, convening tribal jirgas (Assemblies of the elders of the tribes) call it the consolidation of the puppet regime in the country. while all these terms are meaningless in an occupied country, it can be decieving to some who believe in any kind of electionand representation of the people in the govern ment

There is no question of elections in war-torn and partially occupied Afghanistan. But the Soviet believe in the power of propaganda and the repetition of big lies.

When we say we are not worried about the situation inside our countrywe believe in it, in Afghanistan, the people see the facts with their owneyes. They see the atrocities and hear the propaganda on the enemy radio and T.V. They are in a very good position to compare . On the same day when Radio Moscow and its baby, Radio Kabul, elaborate on the achievements of revolutionary Afghanistan and give hope for a progressive and prosperous future, the Soviet. planes bomb all the valliges, of Eshkamish and Khost and all themosques and Eid gathering places and kill more than 5000men, women and children and MOHAN NEWS VICALalK(1

injure more than that. Every body in Afghanistan has lost at least, one family

member. has given up his property , has been jailed or humiliated . No propaganda can change their mind.

The outside world should be more careful.They should be on guard against so- called Democratic but pro-Soviet countries. They should beon guard against some papers who have sold themselves to the Soviets and project their views and finally should be alert against the Soviet disinformation and propaganda war.

MUJADDEDI THE NEW SPOKESMAN OF THE ALLIANCE

The Council of the Alliance met and decided that Prof.Sebghatullah Mujaddedi will be the new spokesman of the Alliance from July 22nd. Prof.Rabbani the outgoing spokesman announced the decision of the Alliance and wished profs Mujaddedi every success.

FRENCH AID FOR INSIDE.

French government has decided to give FF 2,000,000 for humanitarianpurposes for the war-affected Afghans inside Afghanistan.

We appreciate the decision because millions of Afghan peopleare suffering as the result of food shortage and lack of medicalcare insid'e- the country.

HERAT CONTINUES TO FIGHT

Herat. is the western province of Afghanistan anda stronghold of the resistance against the invaders. The Mujahideen of Herat under the command oflsmaeil Khan have organized themselves ina good military-civilian network which is able to carry on the war of liberation effectively. Herat isa flat area and has great logistic problems from outside the country. Little humanitarian aidhas reached the area because volunteer organizations have difficulties goingthere. A big part of Herat has been destroyed anda lot of its people have become refugees in Iran. Despite ail the problems, Mujahideen havebeen effectively controlling most of Herat and even mostparts of the town in day light. Some years ago the enemy made use of some elements and turned them into militias. Last year the Mujahideen were able to kill the head ofthe militia forces and re- liberate most of the East part of Herat.

Last year the enemy attacked the Westpart of Herat city (the part under Mujahideen control) and besieged it for 27 days. Atthe end they formed 60 security posts and planted mines to form what theycalled "the defensive line".

Mujahideen were cut off from the city. Thismeant less intelligence and supplies from the city for the Mujahideen. AMU N_NEWS VOL. II tip,15 1/$/ 1936 PAGE 7

On June 14th, The enemy attacked the Mujahideen bases close to-the Afghan- Iran border.Fighting continued for three days. The enemy failed to achieve the aim of destroying Mujahideen bases.

On June 15th,Commander Ismaeil formed a war council and the council decided about coordinated attack. ± on the newly -built posts around the city of Herat. It should be mentioned that Mujahideen had cleaned most of the mine fields the enemy had created to stop Mujahideen from entering the city.. Because of lack of proper equipment (and lack of experiences) Mujahideen did the job with a high price of 53 wounded and amputatedpersons.

When the coordinatedattacksstartedallthe 60 posts were captured! Mujahideen killed 170 of the militiamen and the puppet soldiers,captured 40 soldiers and officers and destroyed 8 tanks and capturedone . They also captured 180 guns and a big amount of ammuníton and other stuff.

Mujahideen lost 16 people and 60 civilian were killed as the result of 'aerial and artillery bombardment. A big section of the city came under the control of the Mujahideen.

On June 19th, The Soviets launched their counter- offensive with the help of 400 AFVs. They also pounded the positions of Mujahideen and the surrounding villages with their air forces and long-range rockets.

The sad story about any offensive is the loss ofvery valuable commanders and Mujahideen who are martyred.In a separate incident the Jèep of Commander Abdullah, the person who killed the head of militiaman in Herat, hita land mine. He and some of his companionswere killed. The loss of 15 junior Herati Commanders in the last few months isa saddening event for the resistance and the cause of freedom. But to the Jehad ofour people this is not new. In 1979, the city of Herat lost20,000 of its people at the hand of Communist but continued to resist.Soviets publicised the death of the commanders and claimed that Herat had fallen in their hands (they never had admitted the control of the Mujahideen on the city). Due to problems of communication, Mujahideenwere not able to deny the report. Now we have got a report from Herat that shows all the claims of the Soviets and their puppetwere false. The short visit of the puppet Najib was a propaganda compaignto make the world accept their claims. The report says that on July 19th, Mujahideen engaged the enemy in the West part of the city and destroyed 8 tanks. Mujahideen have controlover part of the city. In a separate operation Mujahideen attacked thethe puppet post outside the city, killed ten soldiers and captured 20 other . Thirty guns were also captured. The struggle on control of the city will continue between the two sides. Soviets with their vast resources and strong firepower will try to drive Mujahideen out but Mujahideen with their commitment andstrong faith will continue to resist the invaders. t

THE RIGHT TO.SELF-DETERMINATION After the meeting ofthe Prime Minister U.S.A, a spokesman of Pakistan withthe President ofthe of the USadministration said" agreement on the objectives there was complete to secure completewithdrawal of Sovietforces and the right for self-determination for thepeople of Afghanistan July 20, 1986. ". Pakistan Times

While we trust the good intentionsof our Pakistanibrothers we have worried about theresult of the ongoing been 'right of the talks in Genevabecause the item of people of Afghanistanfor self- determination from the agenda. has been dropped

It is big news for us that thetwo sides, Pakistani and more made it clear that the American leadersonce the withdrawaland the right for self the two mostimportant elements. -determinationare .

We believe theright for self-determínnation is the accept that then central point. If theSoviets peace can come, if theyrefuse to accept thatright for the people of Afghanistanpeace can not come. We know thatthe immediate objective of the Sovietsin Afghanistanwas to change the right ofself -determinationof the nation to determination'. the right of 'Soviet

Any settlement whichdoes not includethe right for self the objectives ofthe Soviets. -determinationserves

ANJRRESPON$IBLE ACT When the delegation of the IslamicAlliance of the was visiting the U.S.A, Mujahideen of Afghanistan a group of Afghans whohave been living there time andsome American citizens for a long raised the questionof formation of government in exile. Theyhad met together a few pages, what several times andhad writtena they called " theConstitution of the exileSome of them Afghan governmentin approached the leadersto discuss their ideas. told that any effortwhich does not They were have connection withthe Islamic Allianceof Mujahideen ofAfghanistan willnot go any where not support it, Such because the Mujahideendo action instead ofbringing good results doubt about thecause. and may lead can create a lot of Afghanistan. to the confusion of thesupporters of

It was madeclear to them that the Allianceappreciates any suggestionin this respect and it wouldbe much betterto discuss the get its approval before matter with the Allianceto taking any steps.It seemed thatthey were not listening but following whatthey had started Afghan News believes that a bunch of oldbureacrats living the of America,some of whom have comfortable life accepted Americancitizenship and withno rea AF iHIAN NEWS VOL. I I NO. 15 1 /8/ 198e PAGE 2 understanding of the present situation in Afghanistan can not decide on such important issue. They livejust on the ideas and their efforts are doomed to failure . No doubt there are individuals among them who may have good intentions but some important figures among them do not have acceptable credentials for the job.

More than that these people should know that writting a few pages about a government does not form a government Any effort which does not have the support of Mujahideen is not worth thinking about,

Definitely these efforts which do not have any connection with the Mujahideen will benefit. the Soviets, It is like the theory.of returning Zahir Shah which wa4 based on similiar assumptions. It was giving false hopes for some people who did not know about the sitaation

All Afghans.. the friends of Afghanistan and concerned people in governments should know that the theory of forming ,a government in exile raised by some old Afghan bureacrats living in America has nothing to do with the Alliance, We consider this type of isolated effort harmful to the cause and only serves the Soviets,

FUNNYJNIAMAS

Radio Kabul, the mouth -piece of KGB disinformation, announced a strange but funny thing.

In a so- called Revolutionary Court death sentences were passed on Commander Masood and Commander Panah. The death sentences were passed in their absence on charge of killing people and damaging property.

It is very funny that such a meaningless drama is projected by some papers like Muslim in Islamabad and in a commentary by the BBC.

Massood is being accused of killing 480 people.No doubt he is the commander of thousands of Mujahideen and it is too little to say he has been the killer of only 480 In every invasion thousands of Soviets and their puppets get killed or injured 'l'here is a war in Afghanistan. The two sides use guns. Commander Masood and other Mujahideen kill Soviets who have invaded their country and their puppets who are being used by them.

We can not recieve our enemies with bunches of flowers, If killinga man is permitted by any law the Soviets and their puppets deserve to be killed because of the crimes they have committed.

The same notorious mouth -piece of the enemy, Radio Kabul, -had announced in 1984 that Ahmad Shah Masood had been killed but still he is alive and killing Soviets and their puppets. After that big lie they kept quite for almost two years and ñow they have opened their dirty mouth again .

All this is done to decieve world opinion and show that they are putting their enemies on. trial. Telling big lies and repeating them is the way of life of Communists. But the big lies of the Soviets do not now live long.

PANJS IR STILL A STRONGHOLD

On July 18, the Muslim, a daily paper published in Islamabad , wrote about the puppet regime's funny drama of trying Commander Masood and Commander Panah in absence. It added: "Commander Ahmad Shah Masood now stationed in, Takhar lost the battle for control of the Panjshir last year ".

Every body who reads the Muslim understands that it gives a lot of weight tQ

Soviet propaganda.But what is said after quoting the puppet regime is totally wrong and baseless.

Panjshir is still a stronghold of Mujahideen. Last year the Mujahideen won a big victory by capturing a 500 men garrison of the puppets with very little casualties. Now there are more than 10,000 Soviet -puppet troops bogged down in 5 garrisons who do not control more than 15 families (the total population of Panjshir is 80 to 100 thousand).

We do not know about anybattle which Masood has lost and the Muslim is

talking about.The point that Masood is stationed in Takhar is also wrong and based on lack of information. Masood started his struggle in 1979 with 12 men, now he commands thousands of people in a big regionwhich includes 5

provinces . In this type of war a commander like Masood can not have a permanent presence in one place. He moves around to avoid enemy attempts against his life and to organize his Mujahideen.

It is true that he has been lately in Takhar, but he is not permanently based there. He went there toconvene the big meetings of the commanders to

coordinate their activities.Masood is stronger than before and Panjshir is still a stronghold of Afghan Mujahideen.

CHANGE IS NECESSARY

Emergency humanitarian aid for the war -affected Afghans inside Afghanistan is necessary. Without such an aid a big number of people die or leavethe country. There are funds but delivered to some Volunteer organization who only give it where they can go. This is an irresponsible way. When we say emergency, the people can not wait for the arrival of the person from such an organization.

For example the food situation in. the West,North -West and some other parts of Afghanistanisvery critical. Any time Mujahideen approached such organizations, they did not help because their representatives can not go. AFGHAN NEWS VOL NQ. 15 1/11/1986 PAGE 11

Mujahideen in these areas are more concerned about the well -being of their people than any body from outside . Mujahideen in these ares ire better organized, so they can distribute the aid and provide necessary papersfor accounting. We .hope the condition of the presence of a foriegner in any kind of humanitarian mission should be changed. It would be a big immoral gesture if emergency aid is stopped because some person can not go to the area.Some organizations have softened their rules but others are withholding funds because of this unreasonable condition.

DO NOT _ALL ITEM MÚIAHIDEEN

Cordovez is a mediator in the proximity talks in Geneva between the puppet regime and the government of Pakistan.So far he seems to give more weight to the Soviet invaders arguments than the argument of a nation who is struggling for its survival.

He has close contacts with the puppet regime's representatives in New York. In the last few months when some one tried to talk the puppet regime's envoy in the U.N he was successful because Cordovez arranged it.

Cordovez told the man, 'when you meet Mr. Zarif, the Democratic Republic Representative, do not call their opponents Mujahideert Call them counter- revolutionaries, otherwise Mr, Zarif becomes angry ".

This shows the attitude of a person that U.N has choosen to seek a solution to the problem of Afghanistan. How can the Afghan nation trust such a person who has not tried to understand them and even call them counter - revolutionaries to please the puppets.

Cordovez must apologize from a nation which has given 500,000 (U.N report on human violation} martyrs to save its freedom. Counter -revolutionaries are those who invade,kill, burn, massacre and steal even if they are prominent members

of U.N. Counter- revolutionaries are those who have come to power by the Red Army and need several years of protection from the people of Afghanistan.

I hope Mr. Cordovez starts to correct his thinking about our people and our

cause . He has been a witness of 123 votes in our favor and no counter - revolutionaryhasbeensomuchpopular sofarintheworld. AFG HANN E WS

A FORTNIGHTLY BULLETIN OF JAMI`AT ISLAMI AFGHANISTAN Post Office Box No. 164 Aeskdafar- Akf:+tan. tiol. IL No. 16, 15/8/1986.

URGENT ArTgNTI(IN I$ _NEEDED A tragedy has been played in Afghanistansince eight years. Millions of Afghans have lost theirproperty. Afghanistan is divided between the countryside, controlledby Mujahídeen and the cities controlled byoccupation, forces. 80% of the countryside has been destroyed by cQntinous offensivesand protracted aerial bombardments. Many farmers have left thecountry and become refugees.Farm productionhas declined. Animals have been killed by the war. Trees cut down by theSoviets have withered unwanted.when left unattended. All sorts ofeconomic activities have come to an end. In such circumstances the needto support civilians, mainly old men, womenand children is becomingnecessary. If they are not helped,they will leave the country and join millionothers in the neighbouring countries. This is whatthe Soviets want and we are trying not to allow.. The hestway is to help them. inside. Give them food, clothes and medicine.

There are some private relieforganizations who have helped the people inside but theirmeans are very limited and the problems have now become so large.

Last year there was extensive talk ofmillions of Dollars of aid for the war-affected Afghanswas on the radios and in the papers. Althogh now 8 months of the currentyear has passed no improvement has beenseen.The difficulties have increased and the Soviets are still following theireconomic war and migratory genocide.

Can we feed starving children, womenand old men with words? People are in desperate need ofassistance and the commanders are fighting on two fronts: against the Sovietsand against the hunger which is threatening thesurvival of their people. AFG#1AN NEWS VOL. 11 NO, 16 15/8/1986 PAGE 2 We hope that all those who have a heart to feel andan, ear to hear will do something urgently.The situation requires quickaction and real emergency relief work.

STUDENTS DELEGATION FROM NQRW &Y on Monday 27th of July a students delegation rom. Norwaymet with officials from lantiat Islanti Afghanistan to get first hand information about the situation in Afghanistan. The delegationwas the representative of 170.000 high school and vocational school students who launched a campaign of'one day work' each year. The money earned through '.this compaign goes to an educational project in a third world country. in 1985e they collected 2.0 1 million. dollars.

This year it has been decided that the fund will be spent in supporto - educational programs in the liberated areas of Afghanistan and the young Afghan Refugees in. Pakistan. This campaign ofone day work" is not just collecting funds but a way of getting more information about the specific country and informing those students involvled:

Afghan News - believes that this type of work is very useful. Wecongratulate the Norwegian students for their humanitarian gesture and for choosing Afghanistan for the current year's campaign. This type ,of workcan bea good example for the students in the rest of the world. It should be added that the cause of Afghanistan hasgrass - roots support in Norway.

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.,P.rIKTI.tt PROVINCEt{G".

18/7/1986: A report from. Urgoon districtsays that the Mujahideen attacked an enemy post in Razine Nola area. The fighting continued for 12 hours. At least 15 soldiers and 4 military officers were killed. Two Mujahideenwere martyred and 6 others wounded.

27/7/1986:In a series of incidents between Mujahideen. and Soviet -DRA forces, Mujahideen captured6 enemy posts injaji. Eleven militias were killed. One heavy machinegun. four AK -47s, 100 anti- personnelmines and a large quantity of ammunitionwere captured . Five Mujahideen were wounded.

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23/7/1986:Mujahideen from Janiiat in Pashtoon Zarghoon district launched attacks on the enemy posts in Mehrabad, Boryabaf and Pushtabarareas and captured all of them. Three hundred militia surrendered to the Mujahideen withtheir weapons.Five militiamen were killed andtwo _'vlujahids were martyred during the operation. AFGHAJIi NEWS VOL. 11 NO. 16 134#1/1986 PAGE 3

KANIL PROYINCI

17/7/1986: Mujahideen of Soofi Rasool andAnwar Khan attacked Bagram Airbase with 122mm rockets. According toreliable sources from Bagram , 20 aircraft. and one ammunition dump weredestroyed.

15/7/1986: Mujahideen of J.l.Aattackedthe ememy headquarters in Mirbachakoot district. The attack lasted for threehours.Many Russian -DRA troops were killed or wounded.Two DRA officers were captured. Oneof them was an intelligence officer..They areunder interrogation.

18/7/1986: The Mujahideen from jamiat inShakardara launched an attack on the Russian headquartersin Khaìrkhana of Kabul by 122mmrockets . Some Soviet. soldiers were killedor wounded and fourtrucks were destroyed.

SA Af.fiVAN:PRfì VINCI

25/7/86: Mujahideen of },I.A attacked puppet -troopposts in Hesarak. The district headquarter was hit and many puppets werekilled or wounded.

21/7/86 \ulahideen of J.I. A attackedChaknawor posts. Four soldiers were captured,four killed and 13 others wounded. n/7/86: According to a report written by thecommander of jariat in Sairangan province. the enemy in the past 20 dayslaunched several attacks against the strongholds of Harakat EnqilabIs1ami . Mujahideen of Jarniat attacked the enemy .In different clashes the Communists lost 3tanks, 5 trucks and more than 100 enemy were killed orwounded. The enemy heavily bombed the area with long range artillary andairforce. Around the Aibak city .the provincial capital of Samangan) mostof the houses have been the Mujahideen along destroyed.During the operations 13 militiamen joined with their weapons. LOGAR POYINa

30 /7/ 1986: Some KHAD agents with the help ofmilitiamen entered Sarsang area of Kaiangar district aiming atsearching the civilian houses there. Mujahideen in the area led by Mullah Mohammad Nawabattacked the KHAD and militia forces killing 25 militiamen andcapturing 8 KHAD agents. The Mujahideen also seized 2 rocket launchers and 8AK-47s and wounded the local director of KHAD in the operation. TwoMujahideen were martyred and three others wounded.

16/7/1986: The Mujahideen attacked the residencesof government militia in PWli Alain located one kilometer from the city and wereable to capture 18 men of whom two were wounded.Two Mujahideen were also wounded. AFGHAN NEWS VOL, II NO. 16 15 /$/ 1986 PAGE 4

16/7/1986: The Mujahideen attacked the residences of government militia in Pull Aiam located one kilometer from the city and were able.to capture 18 men of whom two were wounded. Two Mujahideen were alsowounded,

K(IN,AR PROVINCE

19/7/1986: Mujahideen of j.I. A attacked Marwara post . Seven soldiers were killed and four others wounded.

25/7/1 986: Mujahideen in Tangi -Babur ambushed enemy forces, destroyed one tank and killed four soldiers.

28/7/1986: The enemy launched a ground and air offensive on Badil valley of Kunar The attack was repulsed by the Mujahideen .Mujahideen lost 5 men but enemy casualties have not been reported yet.

CIIAZNI PRO Y..,NCR

19/7/1986: According to a report from Ghazni. the enemy planes attacked Yahya Khali Bazar. Due to this bombardment 14 persons were martyred and 8 persons injured. Three buses and six tractors were burnt.Mujahideen transportation routes pass hrough this area.

RRKITANPRa VINCR 23/6/1986: Mujahideen of j.l.Aaround Charikar, commanded by Haji Enayatullah attacked jangal Bagh enemy post. Four Communists were captured with AK -47s as well as some ammunition and hand grenades,

I 5/7/ 1986 íhe Mujahideen launchedanattackonjabulsaraj- Perwan highway. as a result of which two trucks were destroyed and two puppet officers and 8 soldiers were killed. The Mujahideen. captured 5 AK -47 from the enemy. The enemy pressure on this area in the form of bombardments has intensified.

EIDUL-AZIIA

For N1uslim.s aU over the world this is a great occasion . For those who are able to go to the Holy Land (Mecca in Saudi Arabia) it is the fulfilment of a dream.

On this day millions of Muslims from all over the world wearing special clothes, perform Haj and feel close together. Haj is an obligation on every muslim (men íC women.) to be performed once in a life time.

In the past thousands of Afghans performed Haj along with the rest of the Musi ms of the world. Now inoccupied Afghanistan very few poeple can perform Haj. A few who go, use the occasion as a door to escape the terror of the occupation army and their puppets. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. 11 110f 16 15/8/1986 PAGE S

From amongst the refugees few can afford the expense. This year a total of 2 10 out of 3 million people were be able to perform Haj.It is :a very small number,

This is an example of how the invasion has hada serious detrimental effect on the lives of Afghans, Few people are able to perform areligious obligation. Before the war 1 2,000 people performed Haj each year.

HAPPYAPPY E I D f lL- l 1 Zf I A On behalf of the Alujabideen and Mith j reert(Eefugees) of Afghanistan: Jaari vt Islami Afhgttaisntaa, coagrstulates all Muslim_ brothers and sisters all over the world on lite occsioo of EIDUL _ L IA.We ast our Muslim brothers and sisters to pray for the liberationof Afghanistanfromtheoccuptionof Godless Coin Itttwists. May you all have a hippy EIb!

AN UPEN LETTER TO THE GOVERNMENT AN 0 PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE

First of all please accept the best regards of the Mujahideen, of Afghanistan rho are fighting to free their country from the occupation of Soviet aggressors.

You ma y know that the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and since then a bloody war has continued . As a result of this war 500,000 people have been killed (l.:,ti Human Right Commission. Report) five million people became refugees in the neighbouring countries of Iran and Pakistan , a further two millions have become refugees inside their own country and 75% of all villages and towns have been destroyed. The Soviet pretext that they have come to defend the government of Afghanistan against foriegn intervention has been rejected by the whole world, T he Soviets carne and killed the head of the government and Installed' a regime whose head they brought, from the Soviet Union. More than 95% of the people of Afghanistan supported the liberation war and continue to support it now

The Afghan problem has drawn the attention of the world community. Seven successive times the U.N general assembly has voted .with a large majority for the withdrawal of the Soviet troops. Non- aligned countries and the O.I.0 have passed similiar resolutions.but the Soviets have not listen to the appeal of the world and continue to persue their aims through military means. 8/ field.BesideUnforrunat.ely,inside They military are offensivestrying theto decìevenon -aligned world movement opinion by there talking are countriesabout who the Soviets have become active in the political peace . askedother.thecountryhave Soviets, not. forAlthough by beenthe abecame superwithdrawal courageous in thepower. the meeting chairman of enough Unfortunately foriegn of of non-to thecondemn alignednon Cuba -aligned the countriesand invasion Indiacountries resolutions of one after which the forces from Afghanistan were passed, , both friends aof non- aligned Sepetemher_Wewasbecause hopenot givenof for the a the influencechange importance when. of these it Zimbabwe deserved. two countries the problem of Afghanistan' takes the position of India ine The puppet regime has recently announced that Zimbabwe will . soon open whichprotectedWesaddiplomatic news wonderis so fullfor byties how theof more with lies, cause thanthem of freedom.150,000 foriegn soldiers. How a lawful elected Zimbabwe can establish ties withif there a regime is any which truth in is what they claim Although it is difficult to believe this it-would be regime, Thefreedom.thegovernment wishes present of whichregime millions has in of Kabulfought Afghans doesfor whoits not own sufferhave freedom anybut continuelegal can statustake to afight andstep for against their can not representreactionaries.AfghanistanWe anybody hope isIt isnot the a except. genuine angovernment internal the liberation wishesstruggle of Zimbabwe war of between againstthe Soviets. will an progressive notaggressor. Theonly problemcontinue forces ofand loriegnWithoppositionall the bestintervention forums regardsof injustice of the in Afghanistannon- whichever aligned side but movement. also give tliis issue its due position in it may comes from True non -alignment is the to oppose TheYours Mujahideen of Afghanistan. Sincerely A LETTER FROM A COMMANDER .AccordingheRecently explained Afghan the late News offensive recieved in aBaghlan. letter from Qunduz Commander and Takhar Masood provinces. in which QunduzAndarab,mountainous have Nahrin, started region Eshkamish, to have form undergone Shoora Khasi, ttcounsels) organizationalFerkhar, to The consult changesCenter of Takhar to the letter, Mujahideen in the area.e among themselves.specially . Mujahideen in in andthe AFGHAN NEWS VOL. 11 NO. 16 15/8/1986 RAGE

Training of local groups andcentral forces have made goodprogress. In each area the commanders and administrationare .choosen by thelocal Nluja.hideen.

The level of fighting hasgone up and factional differences havebeetn reduced. The Mujahideen and peopleare feeling more confident about their victory over theenemy. The moral of the Mujahideen andpeople is high. These developments madethe Soviets angry and forcedthem to take military action against thearea.

From the first day of RatnazanEid, 9th June. theenemy air force started to bomb the base areas especiallythe Khailab valley for ten successivedays, Bombing startedat dawn (a1.3.00 in the morning )and continued till dusk800 in the evening!. Theenemy planes carried from 50 to 100 missions every day. Such intensive bombardmentswere unprecendenteü in the area.

On thel2th June 1.986,Thelth,18th and 20th, divisions ofthe puppets and 20th division of the Sovietsreached Kunduz. In additionto the above forces. theunits from the logisticauthority of the puppetarmy and the police operative units of Baghlan provincepatricipated in the opertations.

The enemy wanted toattack the Khailab valley ana..make it possible for supply convoys to go to Takharand Badakhshan.

On 12/6/1986.the enemy attackedKhanabad. On 15/6/1986,The enemy forces reached Eshkamish . On 17/6/1986. at 6am hundreds of Helicopters landed more than 3000 Sovietcommandos in the Khailab valley (wherethe Mutahideen strongholdsare located!.

Our Mujahici brothers startedto fight the enemy One Helicopterwas bit by an RPG-7, another was hit bya Dschk and the third by an RPG-7. Withthe loss of the Helicopters theenemy could not land moretroops. The troops which were advancing fromEshkamish towards the valleywere stopped.

In the first clash, thegeneral operational Commander ofthe Soviet forces was killed. Maps and other documentswere captured from his body. After heavy bombardments theenemy wanted to land troopsin the afternoon of the same day but failed.A fourth Helicopterwas shot down by AK-47 fire. Thank Allah, witha limited number of Mujahideen theenemy was defeated in the first day. in four days of fighting,during which Mujahideenclashed nine times with the enemy commandos, more than 200 enemy commandoswere killedThe enemy also attacked the strongholdsof itehad ( Prof.Sayyaf, ),the stronghold of Qazi Islamuddin andother Mujahideengroups. Thanks Allah every where they faced resistance fromMujahideen .The Soviets hada minor victory in capturing a base of Ittehad.The reason for thatwas due tolack of experience in such a massive offensive. Our casualties numbered 5 Mujahideen. One hundred civilians from Khailab, Eshkamish and Khost were martyred and some others were w4und-ed.

The enemy defeat despite, the deployment of a large forcewas without precedent in this area in 7 years of war. It was achieved with the help of Almighty Allah. Now the enemy forces have taken positions in Kunduz+ Takhar and Faizabad and are protecting the road with hundreds of tanks. They are busy resupplying their garrisons. in Khanabad Mujahideen were hesitant to engage the enemy in the flat areas. They were afraid that if they did this in the agricultral areas, the enemy would burn the harvests.The enemy exploited this weaknes they . burnt the harvests, destroyed thehouses and established many posts around the city.

The enemy has delibratel),7destroyed, the irrigation systems to .prevent people from sowing rice. The situation in Farkhar. Wursaj and Kalafgan is similiar. We can say in the three provinces about 500 civilians were martyred and the same number were injured. Many people have become refugees (inside the country) and are facing shortages of food. medicine etc.

The enemy has a plan to repeat similiar types of massive attacks in the future.

HARMFUL DEBATES

The visit of the four Mujahideen leadersto the L.S.A. made the other two leaders angry and thiswas made public ín press conferences held on different occasions. There are journalists who raise the questions and Mujahideen leaders answer them. Now that the position of every body is clear no more debate is justifiedThe ideals of the Allianceand the need for cooperation are so great that university -type political debates are a waste of time and energy.

The respectable leaders of the Mujahideen should bear in mind that there are many a lot of people in the world who give lip service in support of the Afghans and when the time comes to make real decisions, hide themselves behind such pretexts as disunity of theMujahideen which leads them to question who they should support.

The latest public debates are proving harmful because one more pretext is given tothose who do not give real help. Let us not do anything which pleases the Soviets and saddens our people. Let us think about coordination

in military and political fields . Let us think about those who are fighting with empty stomachs and bare feet. whoTherethere is are moreis thousandsground revolutionary for cif revolutionary AFGHANcampaigns .. There NEWS to VOL II action. Thereis no areneed 150,000 .forNO. herevolutionary 16won and hundreds of 15/80 986_ Sovietplaces soldiers, to Show talks whenPAGE 9 chancethousandsMayAfghanistan for Allah ofevery tanks lead who body usand he all, is bighundreds toand theor what. right he does. small to show to the world andpath. of Helicopters in Afghanistan. the people of There is a regimentsDuringcurrent his year. ofvisit the He of Red Valadivostokannounced Army will in leave the CAN GORBACHEV BE TRUSTED. this on the eve of the Geneva seventh far east, Gorbachev announcedAfghanistan before the end of the round of that 6 small.Titeproximitypropaganda spokesman talks. step Some of with the circles no real welcomed intention to Mujahideen Alliance, Prof. Mujededi the movewithdraw. and 'Others called it too_ called -it a theyincreasedIfreplacing we would look their them-at thetroops with seven new considerahly.in yearstroops. At the take some troops out of of war in Afghanistan,the beginningthe past of tam theyAfghanistan invasion had announced tile butSoviets never mentioned Soviets have that .broughtreplacedIìadAccording brought several them very to withthousand a heavy report lighter tanks by tanks which and could called not fresh troops to Badakhshan.Mujahideen TheSoviet of Army Badakhshan the Soviets it withdrawal of their troops.be used in Afghanistan. They nave also rotatesrotationalitIf provementthere its units process. is anyregularly because Thetruth Withdrawing inno air bringing inwithdrawing new ones to replace the old. force is threatening the Soviets and of two AA regiments is hardly a sign some ot the units it could be a their of Thepuppets.thenumber reality military of of their solution the troopssittiation but isthat not they that the need more troops to achieve their aim, Soviets are able to decrease the ThetroopsthanFrom announcement before in all the the proximity above also reasons intended talks revealsit seemsto show that that the . But demanding four years for the its actual weakness, Soviet leader s announcementthe puppet regime of is stronger withdrawal of the Soviet cultureSovietsina reductionmilitary policy. andwho hmeans ofenconomy.Theis are troopspropaganda busyso the is killingnotannouncement toan Soviets fool the peoplethe of theof honest gesture and does not show any seemworld determined and decrease to winpressure the warfrom the reductionAfghanistan of forces is a and ploy, destroying its change by AFGHAN NEWS VOL. IL $P. 17 1/9/1986 PAGE 2 2. Coordination was translated from theory to action. For the first time Mujahideen from four provinces fought beside each other.

3.It was seen by all Mujahideen as encouragement toall. Mujahideen to launch attacks against isolated enemy garrisons. 4. It proves that the puppets are not able to keep the places which the Soviets occupied for them. 5. It denies the pessemistic theory that the Mujahideen are losing the war. As the result of Soviet propaganda and the writtings of some shallow - minded journalists. some people have started to think that the Mujahideen are losing the war. In the Spring. offensive, commando actionin June and the fallof Ferkhar garrison which all took pari. in the North. Mujahideen taught well and cooperated among themselves. Aithoug in Farkhar operation all the groups taking part were from Jamiat but it is planned to involve other parties in joint operations in the future. This victory is not the end of the war but the begining of more challenges. The enemy will not sit silent. It will try to nullify the result of the victory by some unpleasant actions. As long as Mujahideen are united, observe dicipline and apply proper tactics, with the help of Almighty Allah, the enemy will be defeated.

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NWAflfDdfiAPTUREDFERKHAR GARRISON Mujahideen from Jamí.at under the command of Mulla Abdul Wadood, theChief Commander of Takhar,attackedFerkhar garrison at 5.45 pm on 17th of August. Fighting continued untill 3.30 am. Half of the garrison was captured. The second phase of the attack was launched on August 20th at 5.55am and continued for about one hour. As a result of this operation the rest of the garrison was captured.

From 323 enemy personnel, present inthe garrison , 210 including 40 officers (puppets) were captured. The rest were killed during the two days of operations. Mujahideen captured the following items: 1- 213 light weapons of different kinds. 2- 15 heavy weapons including one 76mm Desert Howitzer. 3- 2OO,OOO rounds of light weaponsAFGHAN ammunition. NEWS VOL, IL NO. 17 1/9/14$6 PAGE 3 4.6-5- 2000 AOne Communication roundR -104 of wire mortar -less set and ofset. "SEG" 76mm type gua. belonging to KRAD. 7-police One9-11- Two Four (Sarandoy).wire Electric R -less-105 wirelesssetGenerators. of PALMA sets. type belonging to the puppet 1110- 70 tons of food stuff.-- amount of clothes, furniture and one truck of Gaz -66 type,TheCommander followingoperation Gada units was from tookcommanded Panishir part in theworked by operation: Mulla as his Abdul deputy. Wadood and 3-2-1- One One Mobile Mobile unit unit fromfrom from KhostEshkamish. Panjshir. -i- Freng. 4.-5 One6--' OneTwo Mobile unit units from unit of Central fromTaleqan Kesbm. Forces. (the province of Takhar). attackinguniqueFive Mu operation ;ahi.deen the enemy's were weakmm. °tyred point and with 8 othersunits fromwounded. different This baseswas a . Mujahideen appilied the basic rules of 27/771986,making maximum in a clash betweenuse of theMujahideen element and of the surprise. enemy 111 Gilot)ryaT^i, two ilfRA ?°` PROVINCE Onwipeattacktanks ale same out were,on 4the dateposts, destroyed enemy Commander ' t)(?st:i and t in Mohat?iCí1adher the crew surroundings were Reih1!'.1 killed. of Her and his men íaunched IP. 20 enemy soldiers and capture 27 others.. city and were able to AFGIAXNEWS VOL. LI NO. 17 119/1986 PAGE 4

Mujahideen also attacked the 4th armoured battalion. They madeuse of an 107mm rocket against the enemy. This battalion is stationed 15 Km.away from the 17th Division in E.erat..Atn ammunition anda fuel depot were hit. The Mujahideen suffered no casualties and enemy casualties 'couldnot he estimated.

6/8/1986.1986. An enemy helicopter was shot down in Ghooryan district. Eight -Jets and 22 Helicopters of the enemy bombed the Mujahideen positions in Ghooryan district. During the operation Mujahideen shot downan enemy helicopter with a SAM-7.

SAM -7 which is a Russian made heat -seeking missile is generally ineffective against the enemy planes which are using decoy flaresto mislead the missile: The type of the helicopter which was shot down is not mentioned in the report.

7/8/1986. A militia Commander Abdul Satar joined Mujahideenit? Ghooryan district with 30 of his followers He brought with him 30guns and some am munition.

The report says that Khuaja Zahihullah, jamiat Commander in Ghooryan welcomed the decision of Abdul Satar and his followers. It should be noted that the Soviets are trying hard to form militiagroups to decrease the burden of war from the shoulders of their soldiers,

Despite spending a great deal ofmoney they have not been successful. The only motive behind the decision of militias to join theenemy is either economic or local rivalry. Ideology does not playa role. Some militia groups are cooperating with the Resistance and almost all of them are selling arms and ammunition to the Resistance.

17/8/1986. The Russian Red Army with the help of aircover from 30 .jets and 50 Helicopters and ground forces .consisting of 1000 AFC's attacked the Mujahideen base located in Kakari area situated 20 km North of Islam Qala on the :afghan- Iranian horder.The Mujahideen resisted the invading force . One hundred puppet -Russian soldiers were killed andmore than hundred wounded. In addition 2 helicopters and 20 AFVs were destroyed.

Twenty Mujahideen were killed and 30 others injured.

IlINAR PROYINGs

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B A I A_KBS fI A N PROVINCE A report from hadakhshan province says that Mujahideenhave carried out a series of attacks in Wardoojvalleys it is said thata large number of posts have been destroyed and a large amount of arms and ammunitioncaptured. Details will be publishedin the coming issues ofAfghan News.

6/g/ M6. A report from Urgoonsays that Mujahideen launchedan attack on an enemy post in the South ofUrgoon. 2s a result theenemy forces, recieved many casualties.Three Mujahideen-were injured. do figure for enemy casualties has beengiven_

SOVIETS DRUG TRA PICKING

According to a report by theBBC some daysago a Soviets attempt to smuggle large quantities of Herointíß Western Europewas foiled. The heroin which was tabled as 'dry fruit fromAfghanistan' was On boarda Soviet ship which had started its journey from a Soviet port: and had reachedAmsterdam. The shit could not be stoppedbecause after unloading itleft the port and entered International Waters.

Fris clearly show howthe Soviets are playing a dirty gaine . i- w they are misusing it also shows the trade opportunities ofthe puppet regime for their benefit.

e are surprised thatthe mass media didnot give this incident the coverage it deserved. A super power. amember of the Security Council. s ;gnatc}ry 01 tens of treaties. a r.,!t indulges in drug traffickingmust be taken very seriously. DEA ..D F.#.ERQ.

In an attempt to keepits officers happy the .hero of Afghanistan' puppet regime gave the titleof to four of its officers. Two ofthe officers have already been killed . One of themwas General Ahmaduddin a Parchanii officer who . was ki:ledi in. Pushghoor operationin Par.js hir lastyear. When. he refused to surrender an RPG shellcut him into pieces. Wehave Killed hall' the Red Heroesand the other half willsoon be dead.

ISLAMIC PROPAGATIONCENTER An Islamic Propagation Center has been openedin the Panjshír recently.The Purpose of the Center isto teach students andMujahideen about their religion and struggies."l'heCenter will herun by prominent (Slema t scholars from the Islamic area. This type of work isnecessary to safeguard the px tncîr4t's':l Islam and teachthe new generation about and social obtigatiúns. their religious duties AfGHAN NEWS VOL, Ii NO. 17 1/9/1946 PAGE 7

MUJAIIIDEEN NEED IRAN'S ACTIVE SUPPORT

The Islamic Republic of Iran has given political support to the struggle of the Afghan peoe aganist the Soviet invaders: The Mujahideen have the oppc.Irtunity to have some cultural and political activities in Iran. 1.5 million Afghan refugees are living there, Ail these deserve appreciation.

These dr here are .talks about improvement of relations between the Unkm and Iran and arrangements for more trade. While every country has the right to have a relationship with any other country. it should be born in the minds of our brothers in Iran. that the Soviets are the killers

ofmore than oneniI1On muslimsin , Afghanistaaandthatthey_ are degrading Quran and destroying mosques there.

Soft condemnatik-m and polite disapproval of the invasion is 'insufficient. It is t!le ci.titv of our =slim brothers in Iran to help the ehad by every means.- Khamanei told -a Mulahldeen delegation in Islamabad, the cause (..4: Afghanistan is the cause of Islam.

Complete moral and material support is necessary for the continuation of the resistance. if today we hesitate to take practical steps tomorrow we would regret it.

We Afghans not ony ask for the coat nuation of strong political suppOrt but pect material supp ort. to continue our Jehad.

God forbid. if Aighanistan is pacified . the neighbo4ring countries will. face

. serious security. problems. There are compelling religious and geo-political reasons why our muslim brothers in Iran should extend their moral and materialipport T.o Uie Mufahideen.

Iran virig a good reiationship with. radical Arab states, can influence them ;,.tclo opposing, Mubideen membership in the Islamic Conference

Withproperpoliticalsupportthelisiamicnon-alignedandneutral Afghanif-Aan will be freed and a big tragedy will come to an end.

VNIINNW.

You are a hue hero rd the Soviet In vniunteei fur twiner tour of duty here In AlidranIstan. Private. Where are you from ?

Cher r. A LETTER FRQM_&$QV IUT SOLDIER This letter was written by a Soviet soldier who has defected to the Mcdjahideerf in Afghanistan.) 7 nr ; .zc442(111_,,e7; R

¢%!.-ccctetc% ifQ.a- 04941;e4dazej #46'.- '7-14c4ecieltc* e 4Wasee4-44=a,l-ee. 4.3."-ecf.,at...G-44710-7 "e?o, /;,-cep ,a egoa-: e r.i+-`o I .t.r"ucu,c.cecú edeut .0.10,,*,f.,ua..c.t.suxrei.,,e4.at-41-4v4eezeieel,-, C% 4.91711 geoAticir,viem3 t¡ ,,t/-fie 'tu.'70-AM la, 2i v 49 Toi . rfD `.-Cel.AatiW AO /¡ Canada Montrealeal Programme Russian kaclto- tfreetina.zs from :Afghanistan, i am writti,g to:you as a Prisoner of War in Afghanistan. Myname is Leonid Vyiku. A little about myself: I was born in Moldavia, ina small village called Skinoshika. Once when I was turning the dial on my reciever. I unexpectedly tunes, in to your broadcast in the Russian language withsome difficulty. I i ?.sus managed to pick up your signai on other occasions.

Of co urse I do not know ,vho you are actually, Whig makethose broadcasts, E enjoyed them very much and am grateful for theinteresting information contained in your transmissions. AH this doesnot only make the Prisoners of War hate the Soviet Union and thepower of the Communists, but ais0 the sobers. Some of the soldiers probably listen into,but before I. crossed over to become a rebel. r. know nothing about foriegn broadcasts.But now am acquainted with Voice of .Aerlca , Washington,the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran's, Tehran, theVoice of Free Europe" and the BBC '`rom London. in both. the Russian and Romanian languages.

2igii;c.' that you are emigrants from the Soy et Unionor Prisoners of War, who stayed on overseas. Iam. writting to send you my warmest. greetings, beet wishes for the future and everysuccess in your noble work. IÍ' you have ".'sl?ecú for those who have isolated themselves from their homeland,far i rt',iditheir parents, nearest and dearest friends, who havecrossed over to the site of these noble rebels. for the sake ofpeace on earth, send a reply.

Yours respectfully tariCl impatiently) utrm all the rebels. MOAN

,also send you a small gift of a poem.

Along the treet an. Afghan woman walked. Achild she carried strapped behind her back, in a flash the sky f;f transformed to red, .±;d IteatFl the Llul;.ttotaG{#blue roar The woman lt_>s. her step Peoples of the world wish not to fight As children need to laugh Sf; they to ¡or; do have their right.

rview twill Prof Burhanuddin Rabbani Soviets Cannot sealBorder "I Do not know ofany U.S. Aid On June 19, 1986 Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani,a top leader of the Afghan mujahideen, was interviewed in Washington, point out to the mujahid leader that people like Selig Harrisonand D.C. by Br. other anti -Islam elements stir up the stories about "CIA aide whenever Kaukab Siddique, Editor -in -Chief of New Trend:Thanks for arranging the interview and for translation from Farsi the Soviets launch an offensive; the Zionists who control the media to English go to here are worried that the Muslim Afghans three Afghan brothers, Br. Kohistani, Br. Areef, may gain popular support and Br. Jahed, all of in the United States. them from Jamiate lsiami Afghanistan which has its strongholds in In reply to another question, Prof. Rabbani stated that the Soviets Panishir valley, Bada.khshan province (on the Sovietfrontier) and in the Herat region.) cannot seal the Afghan -Pakistan border. If you knew the border, he said, you would realise why. There are simply toomany paths and The following is an edited summary of the interview,prepared with comments by the editor of New Trend. routes and the border is very lang and winding. The Soviets would need a million troops to seal it. For a person who.faces death at the hands of Soviet agents on a daily In answer to a question about Ms. Benazir Bhutto's trip to Peshawar, basis, Prof. Rabbani is an extremely calm,even placid personality, though in his eyes you can see the glint of the steeled Prof. Rabbani agreed that there has been an improvement in the PPP Islamic struggler. leader's stance about the Afghans; no national leader in Pakistan lie dresses very neatly in cool, loosely fitting, Afghan can garments with a ignore the plight of the Afghan people. traditional turban on his head. He smiles gently and talks without Coming back to the stories of CIA aid for the mujahideen, Prof. pretensions. He is fluent in Farsi, but speaks and understands Pushtu, Rabbani pointed out that if the mujahideen gain recognition, they will Urdu, Arabic, and English to a lesser ora greater degree. be able to scotch such rumors by questioning those whoare spreading Why is it that none of the Muslim countries have recognizedthe F°)ujahideen,I asked? He smiled deprecatingly unwilling such stories. For instance, in Congress itseself the issue could be raised to criticize and such claims could be challenged. the Muslim countries, and mentioned the affiliations which Muslim Militarily, saie Prof. Rabbani, the mujahideen are fighting hard and countries have. (Pakistan, Iran,Iraq, and most other Muslim countries have diplomatic relations with the USSR but do doing very well by the highest standards. Iran, he said, has not given not any military help. An end to the war between Iran and Iraq, he said, recognize the mujahideen.) About his trip to the US, Prof. Rabbani would benefit the Afghan mujahideen. poirit&i out that he met President Reagan, members of the U.S. Prof. Rabbani, in a message to the readers of New Trend, said that he Congress and various Senators. The U.S. governmenthowever told him that the U.S. has diplomatic relations with the has been receiving New Trend in his offices in Pakistan. He urged the (Soviet -installed) readers of New Trend to remember that the struggle in Afghanistan is Kabul regime and at this time the U.S. is not ready to recognize the a Jihad and it is a struggle in which all Muslims must do their best to mujahideen. *The U.S. considers itself more effective Wit maintains its participate according to their capacities. links with Kabul. Prof. Rabbani tried to lookat the situation more t positively; he was of the view that the U.S. is waitingfor Muslim governments to recognize the mujahideen first. (Personally Isee this as a very ironic situation; for instance, Iran has been criticizing Prof. Rabbani's trip to the U.S. but maintains itsown diplomatic relations with the USSR. I realised how 1'asir Arafatmust have felt when he went to Moscow for help and was criticized.) Prof. Rabbani was very careful not to criticize thehost government of Pakistan, hut firmly and clearly he pointedout that the mujahideen cannot accept any agreement to which they are not a party; alsothat -- he is asking the countries of the world to deal directly with the Afghans instead of going through "third parties ", obviouslya reference to Pals istan. Have $500 million reached the mujahideen from the U.S.?I wanted to know. Prof. Rabbani denied any knowledge ofany aid reaching the mujahideen from America. Having sounded a littletoo critical, he thin softened his statement by saying that: "Somemoney may have been, probably has been spent by the (Pakistani) officials,among the refugees, to provide shelter, food, medicines. Thiscould have happened, but itis not in our knowledge." I took the opportunityto AFG HANNE WS

A FORTNIGHTLY BULLETIN OF JA14+II'AT ISLAM! AFGHANISTAN

»,%;,st /ice h',.. r 2C`74. eyt`S/1.14 :7r'Arkrsf;1,1 VOLK,No. 18, 15/9/1986.

NAM SUMMIT AND THE AFGHAN ISSUE The 8th summit of the NAM ended its meeting by, passing a resolution on a large number of issues including Afgharlistan. The position of the Summit on the Afghan issue was a repetition of its previous positions, calling for the withdrawal of foriegn rroobs and the need for a political solution.

Afghanistan was a non-aligned country. The Soviets invaded it in 1979 and since then the war has continued. 1/3 of the population Ils been displaced inside or outside the country

All this is done by a super power . This is a big issue for the Movement I t a testing case whether the membercountries honest y observet '+its ve the p icipies of the Movement. thif o etu` ate ?y the Movement has failed to take is strong position. it has failed to name the soviets as the aggressor. This is shaking the Movement from its foundations and creates a lot of doubt about. its true non-aligned nature. Thenrts ident of the Islamic republic of iran mentioned the fact that the Movement's record on Afghanistan is not proportionate to other similar issues, in the case. of Campochea the Movement has left the seat vacant, while in the case of Afghanistan the representative of the puppet regime is present there. The presence of the puppet regime which came to lower on the backs of.1 50,000 troops of the bled Army is a humiliation to the principles of Non --Aligned Movementand can not be justified on any ground. lee presence of other liberation movements and the absence of the Afghan resistance is another sign of discrimination towards our jus! cause. The pretitc#etll.orIran criticised the atlsent.£'or riulaiideei) from the conference.

From all the above facts one can put this question to the chairman of the summit and a l}` i ts honourable members. AFGHAN NEWS VOL 11 _NO_ 18 1.5.01198.6._P'g.E...2 What would be your reaction if Afghanistan were occupied by the other super power or soute regional power?

am sure a much stronger resolution would be passed,sanctions would have been imposed and the invader would have been condemned by name.

Why is this not taking place in the case of Afghanistan, when the invader is the Soviet Union'{ Is this because of the presence of India, Cuba, Libya, Syria and the PLO? or is it a general fear of the Soviet bear on the mind of every .body in the conference. The nypccracy of the Soviets reaches its peaks when Gorbachev sendsa messagetothe conference and hopesitwill be successful. Succssfut in not condemning that country for killing more than half of a million innocent Afghans.

Softcriticism anduht -named condemnationcannotreturn Afghanistan to the Non- Aligned Movement and can create serious doubt aboutthetruenatureof the movement and its ettectivenass. So tar the movement has failed in this respect and we hope itwill correct itself in the future.

RA$BANI`S MESSAGE TO KHAMANEI Pruf.f.Rabbanï the leader of Jamiat. Isiami Afghanistan sent a message to president. Ali Khamanei_

in his message, flabbani thanked the president for his support to the Mujahideen in the Non- -- Aligned summit in Harare. President Khamanei's stand on tete Afghan cause anti his support for the Mujahideen was well recieved byallsections ofthe Afghan society.

NEWS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD

KABUL PROVINCE

76/8 /86 in an guerilla attack in which Mujahideen used ground to ground rockets they hit the enemy's biggest depot of arms and ammunition belonging to military division No.8 situatedin Qargha area about TO km. West of Kabul.

Bails of fire and explosions were seen and heard for several hours after the attack. According to the report about 9 depots in which different kinds of heavy arms and missiles were accumulated were set ablaze as a result of explosions in the depots. FG 9/1986PAG 3

Mullah Ezat, a capable Commander from Jamiat has claimed responsibility for the attack. He has said that the .attackwas launched by 107 mm rockets. Itshould be noted that two other parties have also claimed re'vonsibility for the attack and the puppet regime claimedthe cause of the explosion a "technical mistake".

Afghan News thinks that Mullah Ezat`s claim ismore realistic because of his strength and presence in thearea but he was late in reporting It.

No matter who is responsible, the Soviets and theirpuppets were hurt by theexplosion and thatis what really matters to the Afghan people.

27/8/86. Mujahicleen or elegdalik have launchedan operation on Russian DRA posts in Tangi Abrishumi'on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway ana were able to hit the Dbfflpost with 82mm rockets. The post was destroyed.

In- another operation whilethe Russian soldiers were searching the "trucks and carsina check-post onthe Kabul Jalalabad highway the Mujahideen attacked them and killedor wounded about 15 Russian soldiers.

in retaliation the enemy air forcebombed Jegdalik area. The Mtijahicleen suffered no casualties,

The Chief Commander of thearea is Anwar Khan who has a good relationship with ail the parties there.He is a graduate from Kabul University and a member of the NationalWrestling Team. 2/8186. in an attack corn Kooti SetaraSouth-West of Kabul city which started at :a..in and continued toI:pm, the Mujahideen destroyed one tank and captured twopuppet soldiers,

WAROAK PROVINCE

15/8/86. A report. from Wardakprovince says that the enemy forcesattacked the Mujahideen's base inJeghatoo district. The Mujahideen resisted well andas a result 95 soldiers were killed or wounaed :4 tanks were destroyed and 25military tents were set on fire.

'rbe Soviet forces have alsobombed different villages asa result of which 50 peoplewere martyred. Af9RAAMWS _._..w_._119,1 8 5/9 440. _ _...._.PAGE 4 J.aghatoo is located in the North of the Historic Ghazni city and the area has been liberated since 1 979.

JA WZJAN PROVINCE 27/8/86. A report from Jawzjan province says that the puppet forces entered Kharnab sub-district of Jaw /jan province. The Mujahideen clashed with the enemy forces in Yakatoot area, as a. result of which 9 puppet soldiers were killed and five others were wounded.

One tank and one truck were burnt by Mujahideen rocket fire and two AK -47s and one t.l pistol with 11 boxes of ammunition were siezed. l"he report does not give the figure of Mujahideerí and. civilian casualties. cawzjan is a province which has common border with Turkmanistan Republic Of the USSR. This province has oil and gas wells which the Soviets import at very low prices.

NAN6ARHAR PROY/NLt

MujahideenunderCommanderHabiblaunched a seriesof operations on enemy posts in Chaknawoor area. During the clash between the two sides many enemy soldiers have been killed. The details a4cut the number of enemy casuaittc have not been given in the report.

toanotheroperationinwhich8 tanksand 300militia participated,the Mujahideen destroyed one tank and killed 8 sodi Certi.

PAKT/AA PRO II/NC f=

2/9/86. Mujahideen under Commander Abdul Rahim clashed with the enemy torces in Shooy area ofArgoon districtThe fighting continued for seven days resulting in the shooting down of one M1-24 helicopter and the destruction 3 APCs and of 3 trucks.

Four Mujahideen were martyred and few others injured.

FARAH PROVINCE

1 /9/ 6.1:íeMujahideenlaunched a joint.attack on newly- established enemy posts in Qalae Kah area and were able to kill 25 Iliilitia, capture 8 others and siete 11 motorcycles. The report_ adds that Mujahideen have also captured ANE..1 `.NEWS VOL. I'+IO, 1$_.__.....l9t'1986 PAGE 6 25/6 /86.Tíì& Mujahideen attacked two large enemy posts in Oarat Pushtan and Dashtak. They kilted or wounded many enemy soldiers. One Mujahid was martyred and two were injured and the following items were captured by Liu jahideen from the posts:

1- ' heavy rracl.neguns 2- I Mortar .3-! Wireless set 9/7/86. in a well -planned operation on the enemy posts in Soof tarn area, several enemy soldiers were killed and the following .arms were siezed:

I - 10 Heavy mac:ttinegc,n s 2 9 light weapons 12/7/86.I n another opera t ion on the enemy post,. 28. militias were killed Dy Mujahitieen.

20/7/86.The Mujahideen attacked the enemy militiamen andthe soldiers when they were busy destroying the bridge of Agchaarea used by the Mu,jah'deen. fighting continued tor two hours. four rat the militias with one Communists agent andan officer were killed arced some otters were injured.

22/7/86. 1"íu jahideen launched a large operation against theenemy posts in Dashtak. During four hours of fighting the Mu jah #decn killed 10 soldiers including the Commander of thepost and two members of KHAD named Emam Yar Bik and Khal i iiand captured . y .4 r ? `cj :t itow :# _ mg weapons.

1- 4 heavy ;r.ac.htncyur?s 2- One W irelesS set 3' 40 AK - 4 7 s

8 /8!86.The Mu jatiídeen attacked theenemy strong base inI-rank area. Fighting started from 5inthe nighttill3 P.M which resulted in trie tcilli :tq or 59 enemy soldiers ( :49ct wr =orn were KHAD agents),thewounding or2/ andthecaptureof80 mil!tiamen.FiveMujanicteen were martyred andthree were littut ed.

These weapons were captured fcürrt theenerry: 90 AK...4/s

2- 1 f.1., c. f3 i: Rocket launcher and DP machineguns 4_ 2 wireless sets AEG.HAN NEWS VOL. II NO. i 8 15/9LI 986 PAGE 7 16/8/86. While militiamen were involved searching the-houses of Paikan villagethe Mujahideen attacked and killed 1.2of them including their Commander Mohd. Yagoob. They wounded Oothers. Two Mujahideen were martyred and one injured. ine toiwwìng arms were captured-

;- heavy roachineguns 2 t mortar RPG 7 4- 4 wit eless sets.

Exceptforthe main Soviet postallthe other posts were eleminated and came under the control of Mujahideen.

Wardooj valley is a narrow valley about 60 km long. Half ofthe !ower part. of the valley is well populated and coveredwith fruit trees. Theupper haltis cold and less populated. .fhis valley connects Inc Cshkamishtown located on the Soviet border to Faizabad.File Soviets Invaded Badakhshan from this valleyin 1979.. Even before the invasion the Soviets patrolled thisvalley with their gunships.

Tile Soviets now have a base of (unknown stregth) in theupper end o.T' the valley Ulaibok and another big b&;ein Baharak sub- district..The Commander oftheMulattideeninWardoojIs Najmuddin. a couragous active man who has been fightingsince 1(:)79. He is from the area. Wardooj is strategically important for the Soviets and theywill trytocontrolthevalleywhiletheMujanideenarealso determinedtofightforitsliberation. TheMujahideenare handicaped by lack of ,prooerweapons and shortage of food and other 5 tuff for themselves and the local population.. AFsitJANNBW$ VOL. II NO. 18 15/9/J986 PA_Cal

A DOCUMENTARY SOON

A new Documentary film about Afghanistan will be shown soonin tne K. andy ball a prominent journalist from that -country has made his third ir!p to Afghanistan to make a documentary'HIM. He we1.to ak.har provinceLo see how the reorganization and coordination work started by Commander Masood from Jamiat is progressing.he spent some time with Masood and filmed the. attack on i-erkhar garrison.

PUPPETS ADMIT HIGH CASUALTIES

One of the regimes papers, "Haiwad" reported that 1900 caseof amputations have been registered in one of the clinics of'the regime in KaPul over a period of three months.

...dtims":7iwris rare ip the Sov'iet-controlled puppet press , but reveals a sad and tragic fact, The Soviets and their puppets make extensive useofanti- personnel mines in the villages and around their positions. Some of Inese mine fields are not marked and are not reported by the soldiers when they are replaced by fresh troops. h4s been ..;een that individual soldiers plant their own mines witr- the infor413tiOn oftheir offi.cers.. This can cause many casualties among the soldiers (Soviets andput4)ets).

-The second reason for such high casualties among the puppets is that the puppets are torced by the Soviets to cross. minefields plar,FPC1 hy trlfMulaniceen or the areas mined by the Soviets themselves in previous of fensves. ftts hard fact snows how the Soviets look upon the puppets and this clearly snows the true mearitng of Communist friendship. The third main cases for the amputation is the explosion of anti- tank minee.-;nUer enemy tanks and trucks.

Those who go to Kabul can see hundreds of these people walking C rte ri the streets. should he difficult for the Soviets to digest. Amputated people waking n Moscow Tashkant and other cities can draw attention and lead to asking question about the war, something that :slov sets 00 not like to happen. AM; E i NQ ,1 $ 1'5/W1986 _PAGE 9

A LETTER FROM .4 SOVIET POW

Following ii, the translation ofletter written by a Soviet POW in Ai gltanistan which was sent to trie BBC Romanian Service..

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A,,;4.1-e awe', CfrLtC4CGGts-ó mrp /9.,.x¡at.4 j:r °gc--Gifree .

, 4 1 _ .. ---s..,,. Warm greetings from the Afghan regions

Good day coteerred Romanian workers of .the BBC. itis one of the soä::ìt.'r'Switf3 tîdticrossed over to .the !'1ujahiifecn in Afghanistan who iswt'.iltlng tü .you. Leto me introduce myself;my name is Leonid tiytic(2. I was. born in t"ntciavia. ! lived, in C:himslca region, the s,>>all hamlet of Skinos;ica. After completing the10-year -:+.:n4)f,3ei:otit'`.ie iit'(;Ydi°,d to sit c,'ntS'y exams at, theuniversity of k.;<ä`}''nev, the capital_ of Moldavia. I wished to attend the faculty `.(f)i.Swrléalè`,ií+i. l was not4G;?t at theuniversity as i was soon c,;rocript.edinto the Soviet Army. After a short period Of £i months at a military school Iwas senton a course to study the ":trifi)t4>x5t;rela.- 1cJ".hen we were sent to the town of lashkenta r;,t.ra-,^ irtg po°:r.t:,tv be t:.ranst ered: o the " Democrat: tc: Republic of AfGttrtni'ìta;i".

After two weeks the military Commander toldus that tomorrow (sic) 22May 1984 we would be sent to Afghanistan tocarry out "in ernatior!al Doty' (Service) the DRA So we left.the Military Airfield of Tashkent for Kabul between 22 Apriland 23 May 1984 We ràrr ived here in the morning.-The heat was unbearable. Many of the Soviet:. <,oi 3iers t?ti sickfrom the tir5t day. Eor the Soviet :;older :nternational Duty in the DRA soundslike a Holy Dictum 11'1ß.4 ftce fw gets here and ses the oho: n-; that we committed, the savagery o`'the. soldiers who had served formore than a year towards treir officers, th y not only take to drinkbut also to varow.., drugs. !=roui this one can see that the SovietUnioniS wasting an unfa=ir war and it is obvious thatthe USSR will Lose this. war.

: N-2ye been with the Mt:'tcihldr'eTM fora year and a half,int:" lis oeroodi taavc. learnt alot.. 1 am aniUSi;m. ': have learnt to have great respect for the Muslims.I remember when ; was small my mo.n.er used to give me scripture lessonsnut once z:ommunism penetrated our ``:or:iety thesewere categorically forbidden.! now nave no news of my parents,dty brothers or my sisters. A.ail1. AN NEWS t11.. í f ..____ 151911986 _FIA_GE

; wi.rt1 ytiü, the BBC workers much health, happiness and great. aciF i é.tvernerft í+..

Now someitemsofinformationaboutthebattleforthe occupation cat Afghanistan. One cf the problems at the moment that concern the human race-

í do lut mean, that. it is a problem that has arisen today - is the liberation of Afghanistan from Soviet occupation and the freeing the A gran pe-ople. i knowthat poison gas bombshave been

..¿:; d, in Afghanistan in the Pamir valley on 10 June 1484and. on! t; Jiro' the Soviet Newspaper " izvestiaw wrote that the USA is getting ready to export chemical weapons to this territory in. lit i qt an s tan. wal.:; said in the broadcast made by a Canadian Radio Stat tui, the ;:ïoret. Union is employing any method in order to destroy this nation. A per,sorra'example wasin Kunduz1,000 people, old oci?We, women, children have been locked up and burned alive, The same thing-happened in a province in the vic inity of Kabul. One ctay (is.ir #nig the summer 4iS parachutists landed near tO` town of Oust.. They murdered old people,children and women.. Ile% teit i.oi.a4 tiesiresc:tiof4 behind t.tyerr?When the h1uJatr+cieen arr'ivrd `F:ey saw me attrocities committed by the unbelievers in the pi{}{`'e. Near the district of Kurrar/ Kupar 840 old people, women ;indi rer, were buried alive.

.,M 'Ptt.'e. something l have composed_

On a deserted ``t:re.et, iv! A; gt,ari W(rMa.y walkirg On ae f,. r back4 Lf Afghan Ví a '_: -;'r`4' 4 n t { i h i l t {; .3f3(t,:'°ii.t!t' later he Hue sky t:i .' Ga m e s C) in b i' And tinder a r The women f-i' of need for war Better that children laugh And .hcy people rejoice. Note final scribble uriirytei'i.gibiF?. }6.

v'f '. `.11'3DON RADIO LSt3C AFGHANNE WS

A FORTNIGHTLY BULLETIN OF JAMI'AT ISLAMIAFGHANISTAN Post Office .Bor Na 261 Peshawar- Pakistan. Vol. II, No. 19, 1/10/1986.

INTERVIEW WITH COMMANDER MASOOD

(Recently the well -known British journalist, Sandy Gall, visitedAfghanistan and met Commnader Masood in Takhar province and interviewedhim. Part of the interview was used by the BBC persian service. Beloware extracts from this interview.)

Q. What are the militarty changes in the last four years in Afghanistan?

A. The most important change is the escalation of the war.Every year the war has become more severe. Both (Mujahideen and the Russians). have increased their forces qualitatively and quantitatiyelyin thelast four years the Russians have brought intoAfghanistan troops who are more experienced and better trained. They also have more modern weapons. They use long range guns and heavy artillary. The Russians nodoubt have gained more exprience in the last four years in Afghanistan.They use better tactics too.

Q. What kind of war is being launched by the Russians inAfghanistan?

A. Anywhere you go in Afghanistan you will face thousandsof destroyed villages. Every day you can see in Afghanistan that ourvillages are bombed by Russian fighter aircraft and shelled by Russian heavyand long range artillary. Every day you can see that crops are burned,animals killedand the people themselves massacred. Pressure on thecivil population is much more than the pressure on the Mujahideen.This clearly shows the Russian's policy to either push the civil population to the cities under their control or force them to leave the country.I think that the Russians have started a war against the civilian population not just against the Mujahideen.

Q. What is your biggest problem?

A. It is obvious that we are fighting against a super -power. Eight years of war can not be without big problems. Butthis year the main problem in the North would mainly be shortage of food. Unfortunatly we have had little rain in the North and also on 1 5th June , 1986 the Russians launched a massiveoffensiveintheareasofKundozand .Takhar provinces.Hundreds of harvests of the people were burnt and their irregation channels were delibrately destroyed.The people did not have a chance to cultivate their rice fields. So these areas maybe threatened with famine.We have to think about thisproblem right now, Q. What do you think about thewithdrawal of 7000 troops from Afghanistan?

A. Militarily speaking, the withdrawalof 7000 troops has no value,because the Russians have sufficient forcesin Afghanistan. Moreover theRussians have brought and are bringingthousands of their commando troopsfrom Soviet Russia into Afghanistan byhelicopters and Antonov planes whenever they need.I think it is just apolitical manoeuver to propagate and confuse the world publicopinion.

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Courtesy: AfghanUpdate Q. What about changes in theSoviet Tactics.

A. As I told you beforeduring several years of war inAfghanistan the Russians have learnt how tofight.But fortunately Mujahideen havealso changed their tactics.TheRussians are no longer betterthan the Mujahideen.

Q. Four years ago you had told methat, you would leave Panjshirvalley and expand your fighting zone?

A, Establishing different and newbases in different parts of the countryhas been and still is the upper mostpriority.With the help of God we were able to create a central commandfor the five provinces in theNorth. The first two, neighboring Kabul areParwan and Kapisa provinces and thelast three are Kunduz, Baghlan andTakhar.We have established several bases like Panjshir in these areas.Wemobilized the Mujahideen. we stepped up the level of fighting against the enemy.Despite all kinds of regional economic and logestic problems we are, thanks God,successful in our .efforts.

Q. How are you financed?

A. The biggest financial source is thepeople themselves. We getUsher(T'en percent of the harvest) from people.Those who work in the cities in the government offices give us voluntarilyfive percent of their salary.Mines like salt lapíz and emerald are in ourcontrol which we sell in the world market.And lastly the easiest financial source arethe enemy convoys which bring food and other things from theSoviet Union. We capture both money and commoditities from these convoys.

Q. Do Afghan refugees return to Afghanistanwhile theRussians are still here?

A. There were two reasons why the peopleleft the country.

1) The Communists take ovér. 2) The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. As long as these two reasons are thererefugees will never return.

Q. What about the Geneva talks?

A.The Geneva talks are useless. Since we arenot controlled by anyoutside power we will not accept anysettlement which we are not part of.

Q. How many times the Russians havetried to assassinate you?

A. Three or four times but with thehelp of Allah they have alwaysbeen discoverd and foiled by our brothers.

Q. We hear you are getting married. Isit true?

A. It is not true. You know better thatthere is no time for such things.

Q. For eight years you have been fightingagainst the Soviets.Have you ever thought of giving up and surrendering?

A. It is the enemy which should give up.Russia is condemned by world public opinion and political and economic pressureshave increased on them. Soviet losses are high and thishas an effect in its people.The Puppet regime in Kabul is in acritical position. Parcham and Khalq parties are fighting against each other.Najib's comming to power has worsened the situation. From all this you canjudge yourself is this the time for fighting or giving up?

Q. What is your message to the leaders ofthe west? ,AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II N0. 19 1/10/j48+ PAR, 4

A. If, God forbid, the Afghan Nation is defeated in their just war(jehad)the Russians would be encourged. Therefore I ask all the nations ofthe West to pay attention to their human responsibilitiesand feel responsible for the Afghan Mujahid Nation.

THE RED ROUTE

HER O l ` FR L ` 1 PUF `E T S VIA MOSCOW

On 2 June, the Soviet frieghter, Kapitan Tonsonarrived at Roterdam laden from the Baltic port of Riga. Among the frieghtwere two containers packed with 30 tons of rasins from Afghanistan.

The police searched the container. 485 lb: of herionwas discovered. The cost of the heroin reached (13,000;000.

The most unusual thing about the siezurewas not the size but the route.

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ROTTERDAM aMMIONIONOMMM The red route : Afghan heroin passed across the border into Russia, then to Riga, where It was shipped to R c:tterdam.

This incident raise a serious questionabout the Soviets role in drug trafiking, The Soviets have allowed thegrowing of opium in the occupied areas of Afghanistan. The so- called militias of the puppetregime situated along the boders with Iran and Pakistanare drug dealers who do their job with the consent of the Soviets. KHAD,the puppet regime's KGB which is organized financed and controlled by theSoviets have organized cells to smuggle drug through the neibouringcountries.

Drug trafiking is a crime. But whendone by a communist country it can not be the isolated work of individuals.Soviets and their puppets use drugs as an economic -political weapon. When the PakistanGovernment cracked down on drug dealers in the tribel belt inside Pakistan,the Soviets and their puppets supported the dealers bysending arm and money to them and spreading propanganda against thegovernment of Pakistan. AFGHAN NEWS VOL,. II HO. 1.9 1í101J 984 PACE$ 5

The Soviets abiding by the prenciplesof Marxism- Leninism are makinguse of every opportunity to harm their enemies.Drugs is one of these weapons.

(The following press releasewas issued from jamiat Office on Sep. 11th.).

PROFESSOR RABBANI ASKS FORCOORDINATED ACTION TO HELP, HERAT

Reports of severe fighting in Herat havereached here. The enemey is making use of long range artillary and their air force againstthe mujahideen and the civilian population. The mujahideenhave suffered some casualties and those amongst tthe civilian populationare high.

The Mujahideen in Heratare resisting heroically, but they need to be supported. Professor Rabbani has askedfrom all mujahideen, especially Jamiat commanders, to launch coordinatedaction against the enemy, Such action would divert the attention of theSoviets away from Herat. We are sure that through a coordinated action of this kind theenemy will suffer great losses and its plans will be foiled.

MWAHIDEEN CAPTURED A SOVIET SOLDIER

4/9/1986 According toa report from Commander Mushtaq of Jamiát in Paghman Mujahideen captureda Soviet soldier with his weapon.

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HERAT PROVINCE

19/8/1986. Soviet -Puppet forcesattacked the West part of Herat city. The enemy forces which were composed ofa large number of tanks and armoured cars and thounsands of Infantry soldiers,were heavily supported by the air force.The enemy forces attackedthe city from the South -East, the South and West. The purpose of theenemy was to encircle the city and its surrounding areas.

the Mujahideen resisted the invadingforces. 100 enemy troops were killed and 50 othersInjured. Mujahideen captured 50puppet soldiers and seized 50 guns. A large numberarmoured carriers were destroyed but thereport does not give an exact number. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II NO.J! 1 «9E1986 PAGE 6

Three junior commanders and eight Mujahideen were martyred and five others injured.

The enemy massacred 42 old men women and children in Magi Abad vallige of Enjeel district.

Fighting is still continueing.

17/9/1986. According toa letter sent by Commander Esmaeel from Herat the mujahideen have been able to destroy 11 new built security postsaround the city and fighting for the remaining 3 is continuing. The later says that the mujahideen of Herat city were reinforced by mujahideen from Badghis province and other districts of Herat. The enemyis pounding the areawith long range artillary andareal bombardments. No detail is given about the casualties of the two sides.

REPORT FROM PAGHMAN

3/9/ 1986. A report sent by Mullah Ezzat, Jami'at commander in Paghman says that a Soviet convoy which was on its way to Paghman (a district 20 Km. West of Kabul) was attacked by Mujahideen from Jamiat. in half an hour of fighting 14 trucks were set on fire and thirty enemy soldiers were killed. Some units from the Puppet Army tried to helpthe mentioned convoy but after losing one truck they retreated.

At 5 pm. on the same day the enemy airforce attacked the residential areas close to the ambush site (10Km. from Kabul). This continued for one hour. Many houses were destroyed.

At 6 pm. more troops and tanks were brought into the area.Mujahideen resisted the new force too. Despite heavy fire the enemy could not pass the area. After dark they continuedpounding thearea with artillary and heavy rockets, The next day the enemyreached Paghman under f ire cover which was provided by six jets.Since the residentsof the area had already been evacuated, all the bombardments could not cause any casualties.

After reaching Paghaman the Soviets started their usual operation of searching the villages, burning the houses and killing the cattle.

20 Mujahideen were martyred when their hideout was found by the Soviet soldiers with the help of some local collaborates. These Mujahideen were killed by explosive. 6 Mujahideen were injured in the same incident. None of them are in a critical condition.

Soviet criminals destroyed underground water channels (Karin) and the springs which the local people use for drinking and irregation. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II N0. 19 I/10/1980 PAGE 7

The Soviets remained in Paghman unill 10/9/1986 were trying to- recover the dead bodies of the soldiers.

After the first two days of clashes Mujahideen attacked the enemyin Paghman twice. Soviets left Paghman on the 10th of the last month.

It should be mentioned that Mullah Ezat is an important militaryfigure of Mujahideen around Kabul.He took the command of Jamiat Mujahideenin the area when his predecessor, commander Khalo, wasmartyred in battle with the Soviets last year. He believes in organized work and likes tocooperate

with other Mujahideen groups. .

QANDAHAR PROVINCE

4/9/ 1986. Muahideen attacked an enemy convoy on the Kandhar-Kabul mujahideen were highway . Four tanks and trucks were hit by RPG fire. 2 martyred and3otherswounded.Communistcasualtieswerenot Immediately known.

5/9/1986. Mujahideen of Jamiat headed by Mullah Nagib attackedthe enemy security posts close to Puppets Army Corps. The enemy tanks weresend to support the militias under the attack. 2 tanks were hit and25 enemy soldiers were killed or wounded. The Mujahideen captured 5 guns and some ammunition, Mujahideen safely returned to their bases.

BADGH I S PROVINCE

31/8/1986. Mujahideen from Jamiat attacked militia posts in Aabgarm area. 12 militiamen were killed and wounded and 13 guns were seized. The report is silent about the casulties of Mujahideen.

3/9/ 1986. Mujahideen attacked militia posts in Khakistan area and captured 22 militiamen with their weapons.

Badghis is a province located in the North -West part of Afghanistan and has a common border with Turkmanistan of the USSR. According to somereports the food situation is bad in the area. This is partly due to war and partly because oflittle rainfallinthe area. Jamiat Islami Partyis well established in the area and Mujahideen of Badghis have close link with Mujahideen of Herat,

KUNAR PROVINCE

ONE HELICOPTER WAS SHOT DOWN

6/9/1986 Mujahideen of Jamiat in Badail valley of Kunar shot down a

helicopter with SAM-7 . No detall Is availible. 14/9/1986. MujahideenAFGHAN from NEWS Jami'at launched a stand off attack with VOL. Il_ HQ. 19 1/1911986 Pa%$ 8 8/911986.districtthe107nm target with Mujahideenrockets but 107 so formmon wethe rickets.Noof have enemyJamiat not units attacked morerecieved in detatils Chawki thedetails enemy are district. of is the availible.post emenyThe in shellsNoorgul casulaties. landed sub- on 29/8/hours.One10 1986 am. TheMujahideen helicopter enemy troops wasengaged hit attacked by thea ZPU Gadakhallenemy which and damagedvillage fighting of Magor itcontinued and districtforced for atit twoto REPORT FROM GHAZNI repaired.wereleavecoopertingis given. inthe the Mujahideenbattle The APC with reportscene. burnedeach had adds Oneother andno APCthat casulatiesagainst Mujahideen Mujahideenwas thedestroyed and communists. have no of figurebyJamiat, sent RPG forthem The NIFAfire.the Jamiatto enemy3 andGhazniAK- Harakatcommander casulties are 47swhith to be Afghanin the area News is Shair recently Khan recieved Ahmadi. a letter written by Esmaeel Khan the Chief A LETTER FROM A COMMANDER ThethePeshawar.FollowingCommander weather Mujahideen in Herat is very is is very the high. translationpleasant. Mujahideen Thanks of some in thebe parts toarea Allah of are the the cooperating letter. moral among with of Herat on April 14th to the office of Herat in eachtaketheIna other.sertesfuture place planof on meetings April of action 27 which(The against anniversarywere the held enemy In of Herat theand communist thewe commanderstalked about coup) actionsdiscussed . to All the Thecommandersa house of wereAbdul present Karim atfrom the largeKarukh meetings. ( A district of Herat) was attacked by force. 12 Mujahideen present there were martyred and the attack.weAscommunistslooted usuallost somesomeWe we capturedare villagestrucks facingfacing full onein shortage theofshortages DschK, ammunition area. ofone arms of Mortar medicineas and the and ammunition, result 12 for guns.The of our the hospitals. especiallyenemy's Communists aerial afterOur Mujahideenmeetpricebombardmentsthe Mujahideen forof Meat our do mujahideen notand and haveand other offensives theproper food even stuffclothes oncevery has fewa and week. gone cattle shoes. Moreup can and Food importantbe we found is are also notinwe a the problemabledo area. not to have giveforThe civil population. As a result of continuous the money to buy what is locally availible. Your urgent attention is needed. Commander M.Esmaeei Yours theAfghan contrary News it has believes worsened.AFGHAN that theSuccessive NEWS situation offensivesin Herat VQL` I L NO. 19 1110/ 198ßi has not improved but on bring more death and PAGE 9 destruction to the people there. We want to draw the attention of those who a Herathavetoleadership preserve the is anheart historicallike their and Esmaeel religionthe city Khan. andand Allah freedom.The peoplehas bestowed of Herat hasits people given great with thé means to help. sacrifices .. good Mayetc.andAfter Allah Sothe seven far peopleprotect very years littledesperatelyHerat of is continious fromdone the toneed helpred war aid devilsthese.brave against in the of communists.form people of medicine, food, clothes a super power the mu jäìideen Jamis rat opened a public relation officeheaded in Washington by Eshan last Jan month. Areef The office JAMI'AT OPENED OFFICE IN WASHINGTON. a veteran .of the Islamic cauë of Afghanistan,We"AfghanAfghanistan.The hope Jehad the News office office ". will has succeed started in publishing its aim of publicising the Cause of a monthly paper called theThe country. council ofThe the decision North has went decided into effect to stop immediately. the flow of Refugees to outside A WISE STEP MujahideentheTheis aimed people main at obstaclebelieve whoweakening have that in lost the everyarmedwaySoviet of thing. struggle.policythis Theredecision of depopulation are is more lack thanof of the 2 million country internal side resources to help resistance.thewhoassistance.refugees Soviets' want toEmmergency staydesigns In their to aid depopulate own programmes country. the areAny country the help only in side this anddirection weaken will thefoil in Afghanistan who are in desperate need of way to keep the people humanitarian ofit was refugees. about sunsetThey were one summercomming day down of 1985 from whena WHY DO THE LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY? pass of 16,000 foot. bight. we came accross a group continued,"Howthem."WhereAmong many We themare left themore you wereour Soviets daysfrom houses. very do? killedyoung", we we"We walk havea children arelarge to walkedfrom reach number and Kunduz' Pakistanone very month,of old the ?" reply came,the old ourmen people and women. about We 400we aske canof not walk faster. man AFGHAN NEWS VOL II NO, 19 1/11)/J98(1. PAGE,_, 10.

This is a tragic buta true story. One day in 1984 a Soviet, convoy was ambushed by Mujahideen near Chardara districtof Kunduz provice. A Soviet officer was killed. The Soviets attackedthe area. They killed 400people, mostly innocent civilian population.The rest of the population felt scared and left the area. They moved to the mountanousregions andstaye&there the winter and continued their sad journeythe next spring.

Several of these people especially thevery young and very old ones died alongthe way becauseof severe weather and sickness.Aswe wall * we saw new graves along the track.These graves belonged to the ill -fed and sick refugees who could not survive the hardshipof a long trip and died before reaching the safety.

I asked myself "why should these peoplesuffer and for how long ?"Tears came to my eyes and started to weap.

Minutes later I thought this is lifeand these things happen. We are nöt -the first people who has suffered andmay not be the last. Suffering away of defense of faith and freedom Isatype of worship. What will happen ifwe stop resisting_the enemy who humilateour religion and try to destroy our culture. if we do not resist we becomelike the people of Bukhara( The muslim occupied areas in central Asia)who are not their own misters. What happened to their culture,their beautiful mosques and their freedom. I t is better to suffer than tosubmit to invaders.

A verse from the Holy Quran relievesus when we go under suffereingor pain:

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In a country where its mice are resisting the invaders, Soviets can not dream of victory. NEWS FROM THE BATTLE FIELDS sort

PANJSHIR in response to the request by Prof. ñabbani for coordianted actions to relieve Herat frorn enemy pressure the level of fighting has increased In the Panjshir valley. Here are the details ofoperations which have taken place recently:

11/9/1986: rluïahideen attacked the Soviet garrisonin Rahman Khali (Bazarak), one parked Helicopter and one tank were hit and set on fire.

12/9/1986: Mu jahideen of Anaba and Tawakh attacked the residential quarters of the puppets in Anaba. 17 rooms and two stores (full of clothes) were set on fire. An unknown number of puppets were killed or wounded:

13/9/1986: A time bomb was planted In a resupply convoy of the enemy. As a result a chain explosion took place a few kilometers inside the Panjshir valley, 70 trucks, APCs and tanks were destroyed, and a large number of enemy soldiers and officers werekilled.Mujahideen captured some ammunition from the this convoy.

14/9/1986 The Soviets attacked sera j valley ( a side valley 7 krns inside Panjshir) After loosing thirty men In two days of fighting they were forced to retreat. Mujahideen casualties are not given in the report.

16/9/1986, The Soviets attacked Tawakh side valley (12 kms inside P anjshir valley). They were ambushed by the Mujahideen and lost 25 men. They retreated naving achieved nothing.

17/9/1986: The Soviets attacked Chemal Warda (a side valley 25 kms inside Panjshir). 40 enemy soldiers were killed in two ambushes. On the 22nd of September they retreated. No figurefor casualtiesofthe M1u jabideen is given.

23/9/1986: 13 Muslim soldiers and one officer killed one communist officer and joined tree Mulabideen of Pushghoor (50 kms inside). They brought with them 10 AK -47s and one Makarov pistol. and24/9/ killed 1986: 15 Mujahideen soldiersAFGHAN and ambushed wounded NEWS the6 others. puppet forces in Zene (40 ,kms inside) VOL. II NO. 2Q 15/10/1986 PAGE 4 veryThereenemy24/9/1986: few are soldiers. civilians no Mujahideen figures 5 aresoldiers of living civilian of Tulkhawere there. casualties killed ( a side and in valleythree the mentioned othersof Bazarak) were areas injured.ambushed because the commander17/9/1986 in AfghanPaghman. News In his reciceved letter he talksa letter about from the Mullah late offensive Ezat the of Jami'at the REPORT FROM PAGHMAN searchofbombardments(South)Paghamanenemy enemy in the Paghman.and troops wasvillages. old. by attacked (SovietslongPaghman Because range from and rocketsroad threePuppets)of the (East): anddirections; strong theentered The enemy enenmy theattack the North,airforce.Later region attack,started Qanddahár and Mujahideenwith thousands started heavy road. to afterdynamites.whichdecidedthe (drinking were to retreat,Theyempty the planted pollutedwereThe enemy set ani- water. on personnel searchedfire. They They also minesandalso destroyedlooted destroyed in some the severalhouses. housessomewells houses underground andThe with pollutedhouses using poisenous chemicals. Animals like cöws died 3 minutes mineOn'shortagewater September planted channels of water by the(Karin)18; for Mujahideen.a tankirreclation using belonging explosives. to the Because puppets of was this blownfarmers up are by facinga land Onmartyredandtried September wounded to capture ( Peace 19,some them.be Soviets uponothers. The them). discovered MujahideenThe enemy the usedresisted hide explosives -out them of six and and Mujahideen killed all the 3 sixsoldiers and were "DespitefinancialThe report problems. all adds the difficulties that the Mujahideen Mujahideen and will peoplenot let Paghmanof the area becomes are facing a 28/9/2986.picnic place Mu for jahideenthe Soviet engaged invaders the ", enemythe report on says.two fronts. They attacked the REPORT FROM HERAT onenemy the Easternfrom Asthe part aWest result of oftheHerat, ofthe city the city surprisedclose attack and to also several the the from enemy enemy. villages the 17th East indivision of the the eastern town. were Theliberated part one of the from city the of puppets rocketscontrol. and Mujahideen inflicted manyAFGHAN attacked losses NEWS the on theDivision enemy. itself with ground-to-ground VOL. II NO., 20 11/19/1986 PAGE S theAccordingProvice.is enemynow under towere the the wipedsame control reportout. of Fighting Mujahideen.a large is portion continuing Most of theof in the Western different posts partrecentlyparts of of the builtHerat city by A Soviet soldier who was captured recentlty in Paghman by the Mujahideen from 3amieat' REPORT FROM KABUL soldiersa vWage1/10/1986. were of Chardehi injured. Mu jabideen district from Jamiat attacked an enemy cost in Gala-i -Fato REPORT FROM PAKTICA PROVINCE ( South -West of Kabul city). Five puppet aWaza- whichfragment1 / 10/1986. Kflatook from district. place Mujahiaeen an 11enemy's One puppet tank from mortar soldiers was Jamiat shell,destroyed were ambushed killed. by anOnea land enemy Mujahid mine. resupply wasIn the injured convoyclash by in occupants5/10/the 1986.land minesof One the enemytwo planted wehicies tank by and Mujahideen were one killed. REPORT FROM JAWZJAN PROVINCE ahideen in Wasza Kba district. MI the truck were destroyed when they hit officersdestroyedcontrolattacked14/9/1986. werezone Sancharak and captured aboutofAccording the 90 district.enemy withenemy to theira Theinreport soldiers theweapons. purpose sentcity. were byTwo Fifteenof killedComrnnder the tanks or attackMujahideen wounded. and Amrulwas one toTwo. werelahm truckexpand puppet the were enemythe AFGHAN NEWS VOL. I I NO. 20 1i/10/1986 PAGE6 martyred and twenty two others wounded. Thirteen civilians .were killed and 31 others wounded. The enemy bombed the area heavilya5 a result of which a large number of houses were destroyed.

THE SO- CALLED WITHDRAWAL A NEW DECIPTIVE MOVE

The so- called withdrawal of some Red Army units from Afghanistanis no more than a deceptive move by the Sovietleaders. The realities of the situation in Afghanistan snow that the Soviets do not have good intentions In the so- called withdrawal of some units from Afghanistan.They recently brought in new troops to meet their demand for more manpower.

The publicized withdrawal does not change the military situationand does not have any value. The world should not be decieved by thispropaganda campaign launched by the Soviet leaders. The choice ofthe time and propaganda they have made is revealing of their true intention to .decieve world opinion.

The world in the past has asked for a prompt and total withdrawalof troops and respect for the right for self- determinatlon,The Sovietleaders are responding to thejust demand of the world by a publicized withdrawal of a few units from the150,000 troops they have in Afghanistan. They units they are withdrawing are of no use in the war,

The key to peace is in the hand of the Soviets. Peace can only be achievedif an the Soviet troopsare withdrawn and that country stopsall kinds of dirct anci indirct interference in the affairs of Afghanistan.If the Soviets continue their long term policy of the Sovietization of Afghansociety and it postion of a puppet regime on the people ofAfghanistan war will continue. This is what the Soviets are doing . The real aim of theSoviet leaders is to win the war in Afghanistan with very'littlepolitical cost and they are using the so- galled withdrawal of some units for thispolitical end.

AN AMAZING FATHER

It was the fall of 1982. Panjshir valley was being bombed continously.We were atFriday prayers in the big mosque of the town when enemy jets passed over tie area. They started to bomb a town 10 Km. away. The bad news arrived in the evening A commander of amobile unit had been killed along with some others. The whole town was made sadby the news.

20 days later, again the same area was bombed. This time the target was a house in a village. Jets were diving and releasing 4 bombs of 250Kg. each time. Bombing continued for half an hour, This time an important figure of the resistance, Major Mohammad Ghous was martyred. He had been an airforce officer and was put. in jail by theDaoud regime in 1974. The charges against him were in connection with the Islamic movement, He was released later, In 1979 he` returned back from exile to organize the armed struggle against the communist regime. Later he was givena job as the head Oí the1981. military committeeAFGHAN of Jamiat NM VW.. II NO. 20 Islam'. He returnd back to the 15a0/19t6 1GEJ front in somesayingIt was men thea co prayerswere putting for the martyred, evening and group of people were the body into the grave an the body was taken to the grave. "My son sleep beside your preparing the. grave . After old man of about 75 brother. While Ohladdressedsons,." Themy Allahold tneman martyred was the Majorfather andof said, am gulte happy for what you two sons who had been martyred one have chosen for the two after the of my Minuteswords.other Every later body another weped voiceexcept interuptedthe old man the who silence. continued This to mujattideen repeat .similartime It to take commanderThehadammunition recieveacrowd dispersedMasood to a Shemalireouest who and from was because the leftSoviets the two had brothers launched in an peace.the local Mulahideen for giving order to his ammunition. attack and he OneMs may belongings ask, Why including the old man old man was a musTim. He his lire is a gift from Allah, was so cairnbelieved: and that man is createo by what. ao his words mean? that this world is a Allan at-id ifl thoseThetesting whomost ground do precious good and will every thing receive one for man is his life. Givingwill be accountable to theirhis reward in the next thatworld. to A.112.71hGod for his actions, is the highestTry'smartyrdomfamilie.s wayform of of of beliefartworship, the those martyres has it are martyres. Martyresgreat are notimpact onis thea Key to trie aoor of proud of having them. behaviour of men towardseternal happiness. consideredThis way dead of thinking The demoralizegivesHere moral are hssome support companions, verses to the resistancefrom theana Holy Ouran about martyredom of a person loes those Viii'?0 nave oeeh not martyred/Viz? 54 in 'F7VOT the way OFT/10,5E of ,Alan. .THE) ARE ii/A161 Pt/HO :'7'OISHARE SLAIN IN THE PERCEI VE (/,:) NOT WAY OF COO "MD'. ARE 0E4'2 THINK NOT OF TH6,54.4- h/HO ARE SLAIN IN 6005 1.1,A,v (5 /I 154) .45 0E40 N4r TIYD" ZORO, THEY REAVCE VE. FINI2/N614'7t) THE//?HA VE NOTSUS YETTENANCE ANA/ED INTHE72'/E- BouNry FAC T pRoii/OEDTHAT ON THEN gy 600, ANO /5 NOTHEM FEAR, ( /A/ NOR THEIR HAVE 51155), -THEY i THE PRESENCE OF THEIR WITH RE6ARO TJ i'sa/ /59) THE (NARTYRE5) 47LORit THosz-C405E LEFT 49E/7,7,4 TO ) AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II NO, 20 15/1011986 PAGE 8

INTERVIEW WITH COMMANDER ARIAN POOR, i f OLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM A RECENT INTERVIEW MADE WITH ARIAN POOR THE COMMANDER OF THE MWAHIDEEN OF KESHM DISTRICT OF BADAKHSHAN PROVINCE. HE IS 36 YEARS OLD AND A GRADUATE OF TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE OF KABUL. HE IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO SOILS.HE LOSTHIS MOTHER AND ONE SON IN A SOVIET BOMBARDMENT: HE COMES FROM A POOR FAMILY . HE IS FAMOUS FOR HIS PiETY' AND DESIRE TO SERVE HIS PEOPLE. HE IS A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF UNITY AMONG MWAHIDEEN AND CONSIDER THIS AS THE KEY TO SUCCESS: HE FULLY SUPPORTS MASOOD'S EFFORTS FOR COORDINATION OF ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY, HE HAS PAID FULL ATTENTION TO THE EDUCATIONOF THE CHILDREN IN THE AREA UNDER HIS CONTROL AND HAS ESTABLISHED MANY SCHOOLS.HE HAS BUILT A GOOD CIVILIAN ORGANIZATION BESIDE HIS MILITARY ORGANIAZTIONf

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O. How dO you describe the situation in your area?

A. As everywhere in Afghanistan, in Badakhshan we also.have problems. But today the problems are less than the past, Morale of theMujahideen is high and they cooperate with each other. As a whole thesituation has improved, We hope that it will be better In the future. Our organizational work, our Cultural activities and military work arefar better compared to previous years. Common people and religous scholars arecooperating with us in Jehad affairs.

Q. What about your relations with other fronts like Yaftal andWardooj?

A Since we are following the same aim and since ourrelations are based on Islamicprincipels, we have very close relations and cooperation.

O. Would you tell us about some other Jami'at commandersin Badakhshan?

A.Most effective Jaml'at commanders are commanderAbdulBasir, çommander Na jruddin, commander Jan Ali, commanderHa j iZabet, commander Madsood, commander Amr Knan, commanderSayed Mahyuddin, commandr Fazel Ahmad.

Q. Have you taken some steps for organizing Mujahideen?

A. Realizing the fact that disunity andpoor organizing are the most dangerous elements in our Jehad, we have taken effectivesteps to organize Mujahideen and people in the five northern provinces.itis progressing day by day.

Q. Any example of joint a operation?

A. The victory of the Mu jabideen over the Farkhar puppets baseis a good example. In this operation croups from Badakhshan, Takhar,Baghlan, Kundoz, Parwan and Kapisa provinces participated.

O. Chid you send group or did you participate in the planing ofFarkhar? A. By participation I meantAFGHAN sending NEWS groups. VOL_ II I+í0. 20 15/10/1966 PAGE 9_ *A.Q. The Again joint the operation victoru over was Ferkharlthe onlyarmamentschange wasreason itin as ofthefor athe qualitytheresult Mujahideen victory. ofand an quantity There increase or the was of joint thein no the operation?riujandideen's weapons. Q.A. have Ours you is anever Islamic given revolution, a chanceprocess tonational the commonof decisionrevolution people making? and to people's participate revolution. in the C_ Whet about the withdrawalpeoplenotdidI nothave havehave any anof any role effectiveta isrole limitedin the government to people -roleplay numbertoin play.whothe affairs. process participate of They of decision werein different silenced: meking.They fields. Now In the didthe past people A. it is obvious that therehaveSovietin are Afghanistan.Witherawal no forcesabout effect 15Qfrom on thethousandAfghanistan? war. Even of troops et toif it7 takesthousand place troops it does will Q.A. What It is theabout puppet the cultivation government of opium? whonot hashave a direct any handmilitary in the value_ cultivation and Q. Do you allow opium to be cultivatedforiepnsmugglingsmuggling in the ofopium. opium.areas under It is smuggledyour control? by the puppets' network to the the countries. Soviet puppets finance their militias through Q.A. Notis there at. any judicial system totobacco. try you if you do something wrong? all. We have forbidden cultivation of not only opium but also Q.A. WeDo you serve have the judges people, in thenot area rulepower youthem.We tocontrol? the peoplehave always to question given us. this We right are andaccountable to them. A. We have judges and they are washadtheelected power slappedfound by to guiltythe trysomeone. religious evenand fined.'the Thescholars. commanders. case Theywas taken have One toof courtmy effective and the commanders commander AFGHAN NEWS VOL. I I NO. 20 15/10/1986 PAGE 10 GOf1lpMilitarilyno IRNDER value, t1RS00D speaking,because the withdrawal of ON theTHE Russians u 1 THDRRURL have OF 7,000 sufficient 7000 troops has SOVIET ï'ROOPS; forces a andinfrom Afghanistan. are Soviet bringing Russia Moreover thousands into the of Afghanistan by helicopters andthey need. i think it is lust a Russianstheir commando have brought troops politicalAntonovpublic opinion. planesmanoeuver whenever to propagate AFGHAN NEWS vaLfi, Na. iQ and confuse the Q.A. WhatDue about tofacing late the shortagewinterfood situation? and of food this year. the shortage of rain, we had a bad year. We are Q. DoA. your Mujahideen They usecan plasticnot be shoes.with bare have boots? feet but 98% of them do not have boots. They O.A. How Our about Mujahideen clothes? are poor. difference between what they wearThey inare the poorly dressed. Wintèr and Summer There is very little Q. HaveA. Yes, you but ever they sent may Raboani `? have also problemsthis message and can to the leader of Jami'at islami, not help us. Prof. B. O.A. Do My you message have any to message the who belive in freedom Islamic nations, non is this verse fromto the a people of the -aligned movement and persianworld? poem which says: all those THESoviets CUNNING are WOLF killing EVERY Afghans WATCHINGshould feel HIM. their responsibilities towards a DAY TAKES A SHEEPand the rest of the WHILE OTHERworld SHEEP is Just watching.nation which is defending ARE JUST They Q. WillA. Certainly, Afghanistan be itself against an aggressor. Insrallah(God willing). free? AFGHANw:

A FORTNIGHTLY BULLETIN OF jAMI'AT ISLAMI AFGHANISTAN Post Office Box No. 264, Peshawar- Pakistan. Vol. II, No. 21, 1/11/19416.

UNESCO AWARD FOR THE PUPPETS

The Kabul New Times announced on Sep. 11 that the Afghan charge (Puppet representative) in Paris recieued an award from UNESCO General Director for progress made in e literacy program.

This decision of UNESCO is totally unjust and based on complete Ignorance.

Education has faced serious problems before and after the invasion. The problem started just after the so -celled Sour Revolution t the April Communist coup). Immediately after thecoup, the communists tarred schools into propaganda centers. they appointed` teachers to make census and carry out the regimes political work programs. Students Were divided into two groups; the pertg membersor the revolutionaries edd other who were suspected and watched. As the tension increased between the people and the communist regime they distributedarms to the teachers end students who were party members. Several communist students attended the classes with the PPSH mschineguns. The peaceful atmosphere of education intitutions geue wag to tension. Students were given the job for spying on the villagers,searching the buses and houses,petroling the- passes and roads and protecting government property.

Educational activities were limited to political marches end communist songs. Normal educational activities were branded reactionary and out of date.

When the resistance started fighting against the regime, schools turned into fortresses from which the regime defended itself against the popular uprising. After the Soulet invasion the situation became worse. The country side was liberated but was not quite safe for normal educational activities. For Seuen years educational activities haue been at a standstill.

In the cities under the control of the regime, although some schools were kept open, the number of the student decreased. Meng joined the resistance; became refugees,or under severe economic difficulties AFGHAN NEWS VOL. Il N4 21 1/11/1936 pAGB 2 left school and began to work. This was true for primary ,as well u university education.

To speed up the Sovietization policy of the insiders in ilfghenistan, thousands of children are being sent to the Soviet Union. There too education is not the mein purpose. The mein aims of all these programs are indoctrination and brain -washing.

The so- called literacy progemm in Kabul does not haue a reality. The big figures which are published in the Soviet and Puppet papers ere fabricated for propaganda purposes. if there is sing class that is for political indoctrination not education

The Soviet and Puppet enmity towards educated people and scholars is hidden from no one. This is why 90% of of all the Afghan scholars who were not communists were killed, jailed or forced into smile.'

This is why UNESCO's help for the regime is e form of supped for the Sovietization policy of the invaders. UNESCO ectiules in Kabul end its moral and materai supped for the puppet regime is considered e hostile ectionlowards the people of Bfghanisten who are struggling for their freedom.

Then, why has UNESCO given on award for a regime who has done all this damage to education and which is a puppet regime controlled by the Soviets?

The reason could be:

UNESCO is financing some educational projects in Kabul- and the puppet regime is a member of that organisation. 0g gluing such an award, UNESCO is justifying its illegal stay and activities in Afghanistan.

2. The infuluence of the Soulet Union in this body is obvious. Through gluing an award to the puppet regime they are gluing a form of legitimacy to the puppets and advertising its stability. Obuiousig in this decision the Soviets haue played en important role.

Instead of helping the Sovietization programme of the Soviets in Afghanistan, UNESCO should have supported schools run by the resistance in the 00% liberated territory of Afghenlsten.

UNESCO has played a foul game for e long time in Afghanistan. 0y employing e big number of Soviets and their Indian stooges, providing the ground for more enemy spies to infiltrate Afghanistan.

The award given to the puppets is an insult to the cause of freedom and a blind political decision based on ignorance and influenced by the Soviet imperialists. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. 1I NO. 21 1/ 1/ 19$f PAGE 3

We strongly reject UNESCO activities in Kabul and consider It a help in the direction of the Souietisetien of Afghanistan's Education System.

MOHAMMADI THE NEW SPOKESMAN OF THE ALLIANCE

Mewlewi Mohammed Nabi Mohammad!, the leader of Haraket -I- Engelab- i- Islemi Afghanistan took office en October 20th es the current spokesman of the Islamic Alliance of Mujahideen of Afghanistan. He will be in the position es current spokesmen of the Alliance for a period of three months.

Mohemmedi will leed a seven member delgation of the Mu jehideen toe New York on the occasion of the 41st General Assembig session. The General Assembly will debate the Afghan issue on Nou. 4th.

We wish every success to the new leader of the Alliance in serving the cause of Jehed end further strenthening the unity amongst the Mu jahideen both in the military and political fields.

NEWS FROM THE BATTLE FIELDS

BADAKHSHAN PROVINCE

A report from Yalta, of liadakhshan sags that on 16th September, Russians end their puppets touched a severe attack on the areas of Awgereh and Ogab Sheen ( close to Faizebed city, the prouinciel capiteal of Oedekhshen).The letter sags that many Helicopters and Jets heavily bombed the mentioned areas. The enemy else used long range artillery. During the 7 days of fighting 7 Mu jehtdeen were mertgred and 9 others injured. As the result of bombardments several villages were totally destroged.Many civilians were killed end wounded( the report does not glue the number). Harvests were set on fire end cattle killed.

The report says that Mujehideen killed or wounded an estmated number of 200 enemy troops. Mujahideen used 107 mm rockets against the enemy. An$Ajri JiEWS VOL. J I NO.21 1/11/1986 PAGE 4

The report adds that In a *operate attack the Feizabad television center was damaged. 2 officers and 20 soldiers of the puppet army were captured by the Mujahideen and a large amount of ammunition siezed.

The report is signed by Basir Khan a famous commander in Bedakhshen. He has been busy fighting the enemy since the April communist coup and is considered one of the most capable military commanders of Jemiat in the area.

BAGHLAN PROVINCE

13/8/1906. Soviets and their puppet troops attacked Resented area (close to the city of Deghian). Fighting continued for 10 hours. Mu jehideen resisted the invading force. Two enemy tanks were destroyed and a large number of enemy troops were killed or wounded.

Three Mujahideen end 5 civilians wore martyred and 19. others wounded.

23/8/1986. The enemy airforce heating bombed the area of Hasental. 4 civilians were martyred and 11 others wounded. People In the area suffered heoúy material losses.

30/8/06. Mujahideen attacked an enemy post in the area of Hesintal. About 30 puppet troops were killed or wounded.12 puppet troops joined the Mujahideen. Mu jehideen siezed 20 guns. Two Mujohideen were martyred and five others wounded in the clash between the communist forces and the Islamic Mujahideen. The report which has reached us is signed bg Arbeb Jume the commander of ilosental. Arbob Juma, though not educated himself has taken great interest in educating the people of the area. In the Mosque schools in his area a large number of boys and girls learn how to reed and write.

Arbab Jumo odds in the report that because of little rain fell and very little water for irrigation,farm products were low this gear, and because of the offensive and destruction of the housesandthe burning of the harvest the people in the area are facing a food shortage.

LOGAR PROVINCE

In response to Prof. B Aebbani's request for coordinated action against the enemy to relteue Mujahideen of Herat from the enemy pressure, Mujahideen from Jemiat Islami in 8erki BarakandKolangar districts launched a series of attacks against seuerei enemy posts like Deb Moghian, Padkhab,Derwaish, Qele- i -Seged Habib and Shahidan on September 14thand15th.fis a result of the above attack 30 enemy soldiers were killed and 17 others wounded. One tank and one truck were set on fire. AFGHAN XBTS VOL. 11 NO. 21 t11111916 JIAGB5

In the provincial capital Mujahideen attacked the enemy with heavy weapons as a result of which 6 Soviet steers were killed end one RPC was destroyed. 107 mm rockets fired bg the Mujehideen else hit the KHRD office and a building belonging to the enemy militias. le enemy were killed.

The enemy retaliated, es usual, by bombing the villiege in the area with long range artillery. 2 Mujahideen and 6 civilians were martyred and 5 civilians wounded. 15 houses and e mosque were destroyed by the enemy fire. 1111 the operations were under the command of Or. FezioHah, the diami'at commander hi the area. .

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NORTH OF KABUL

3/10/9186. Soviets and their puppets attacked Bakken areaof Mirbechekoot district (about 35 Km. North of Kabul City). Mujehideen ambushed the enemy. Two tanks end 4 trucks were destroyed and about 30 soldiers were killed or wounded.

The enemy airforce bombed heavily the area es a result of which a large number of houses were destroyed

No figure for Mujahideen or civilian casualties is given it the report.

HERAT PROVINCE

14/ 10/1986. Mujahideen of Herat attacked e Hotel in the city of Herat in which a large number of Soviet officers and their families were staging. According to the report 35 people were killed and a large number of others wounded. The report does not say how the attack was carried out and does not glue figures for Mujehideen casualties. AFGHAN s VOL. NO.21 1/11/1986 PAO 6

EXTREMELY SAD NEWS

Four junior Jamiat commanders were ambushed and killed bg Soviet agents in Nehrin distric of llaghlan preuinte.

Commander &Mullah from PenisZ the commander of one of the Central units of the North and three commanders from Nehrin were on e reconnasance mission around the ennui garrison in Burke sub-distric when they were Lmbushed and killed

The incident took place on October 4th. The three other commanders e were Lout. Naoshband, Lout. R. Salem and commander Rmir Mohammed all from Nehrin district. It was learned that the culprits were agents of- the Russians who had inMtratod en Mamie party in the area.

The news shockedProf. RatIGA Obdul rog[latijewthechief commander of Jeortiet h P15:iper, commander Mound and all those who heard it.

Peace be updn the scuts of our four martyrd commanders who had been serving the cause of lobed far C gem.

THE AMEER OF FERKHA WAS MATYRED

One dag Mier the 1:7 Forkhor EnrMong enemy tolltopters bombed the area. Sanral ffl :2570 inim-0. Among th was flmonullah Hahshlob,] the a of Fc7:: cr District. There was no 7117'721r mf..-.Ccim. to tre .Ka died two deys later.

The mertgrolor.r..4 cf z i nevs f2.r t7.13 7,:z:r:73 of the area who adinired ['Am or c:r ir U 7:1111 e loss for Commander Masood tc:7t East a ciole from Takhor province ond was intelEactucl wElo coulk3 with his own people in the war.-7.,.':z4fle% bis a c7izfi einrr.71.3-r other educated south to put Er3E:r at the dizìne! of ccci ce:anders inside. Theg con W.73 :mf,15Pc constrcz'Zloo reio nor) titling in effile end criticizing tte fltrt!7:13 r t ì n ctc7.10e.

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All efforts to oftoMe:hristmas acceptgovernment Soviets, the 1979. who decision they had wonted.Theg long of the term people designs invaded of Afghanistan In Afghanistan, Afghanistan to choose wereon the not the Eue reedy type of lumberancernd:ountry.1/3 thenintroduced of of theira theTwo cruel pretroops millionsnew wer -wer weapons.has to population) more150,000. continued. haue As Theya houebecome resultThe haue Souletsbecome of internal this improved havewer 5 increased million their tactics people the refugees outside the refugees. Half a \i+ million people heue been killed(confirmed by the UN commissionon uioletion of Rumen Nightsin Afghanistan). 75% of ellthe villages and towns haue been destroged.In short, a notion is dying enda beautiful culture is close to destruction.This is e greet tragedy, the largestet the present time.

Since this tragedy is playedby a super- power, a member ofthe Security Council end one who notesthree times in the General Numblyit must be taken seriously.

The Soviets haue designsbeyond their borders. Theybelieve in the division of the world intospheres of influence betweenthe super- powers. If one adds to the above facts themilitary power this country has and the intentions ithas shown in using it against defenseless countries it becomes obviousthat they are posinga real threat to peace.

The outcome of war inAfghanistan will have greetconsequences on world peace. If the Sovietsere victorious, they will be encouraged to repeat whet they did In Afghanistan.If they succeed in pacifying Afghanistan and imposinga puppet regime in Kabul all the small countries will not feel safe endworld tension will ,increase. This will cause polerzetion which is not constructivefor world peace.

After seven years of war theSoviets are not closer to winning the wer.They hove failed to crush theresistance and to win a popular base for the puppet regime they haueinstalled. in the Internationalscene their invasion is still rejected.

The Soviets` reel intentionseems to be to seek è military solution to the problem of Afghanistan. Thenew Soviet leader is more sophisticated than his predecessor. Ile talks aboutpeace end the withdrawal of troops but from allthe military build up itseems he is planning e long stag in Afghanistan. The Sovietsare using the Geneve proximity talks to appear to seek peace but what theyere doing is buying time to win the war with little political cost. Asking fore period of four years to withdraw their forces reueels theirreal intentions.

Thesolutiontothe problem of Afghanistancomes through a combination of military and politicalmeasures. Those who heue invadede country must peg the price of their inuesion.They should not be left to enjoytheir stag in the occupied country. To do this armed resistance isa must end a proper tool in the hand of theMujehideen ofAfghanistan. If we are week and the Soviets pacify Afghanistan they willnot haue any issues to talk about.A strong resistance is a guarantee toa final solution to the problem of Afghanistan. Despite ail the difficulties, the resistance not only has survived but has also undergone some positive changes. The resistance is eñ joying the support of the absolute majority of the people of Afghanistan. Without such support the resistance could not heue survived the mashie Soviet war machine. Militarily the resistance is stronger thanbefore. lt is better equipped and better organized.

The resistance has developed a civil organization beside its military organization. It has committees in the liberated areas which takes care of health, education, refugees, law and order etc.

In the political field now all the parties are organized under anumbrella organizationwhichiscalled"theIslamicAllianceofAfghan Mu jahideen" TheAlliance now has asingle spokesman. Better cooperation is seen in the field between Mu jahideen.

To gain an honorable solution to the problem one needs to putpolitical pressure on the Soviets. If they are emberassedabout their atrocities against the innocent people of Afghanistan and their peace songs are challenged with the realities of wer. They will start to feelpressed.

The UN General Assembly votes for the resolutions inwhich the withdrawal of foriegn troops are demanded is a goodwimple of the world's rejection of the invasion. What is needed Is forthe resolutions to be stronger each year. Polite rejection of the invasionand unnamed condemnation of the aggressor is considered e sign ofweakness by the Soviets. It is unjust to the oppressed people if we donot cell the aggressor bg name.

The membership of the puppet regime is anotherinjustice from which we are suffering. The regime inKabul does not have e legal status. The Soviets killed the heed of state the was also a staunch pro-Moscow communist) and brought the present leaders from effile andcalled them leaders of Afghanistan.They do not represent anybodyIn Afghanistan. They are the interpreters of the Soviet policies in Afghanistan.They and their Soviet master do not have control over more than20% of the land. Their occupation of the Afghan seat in the UnitedNation can not be justified. 'The Alliance of Afghan Mujehldeen" willraise this question soon and we hope all the peaceloving countries will vote for the expulsion of the puppet regime and the admission of arepresentative of the Afghan people.

We Afghans are not war- mongering and we are notresponsible for the wer with the Soviets. If we hadconflicts with the regime it was an internal problem which every country has after a kind .As far as the Soviet Union is concerned we haue not done anythingwhich could haue provided e present for their Inuesion.The theory of foriegninterference and invitation by the regime are all fabricated by themand are rejected by the world community. We want peace butAFGHAN peace withoutNEWS freedom does not mean ongthing to VOL. II N0. 21 1/11/1986 PAGE 12 us.thepeopleisones Wein wer the sosee of willwe hands Afghanistanhow comedo notthe of to wantwerthe an toend.isSoviet it destroyingself-determinationto continue. leaders. our The Ifcountry thegkeg and to admitand peacewithdrew killing the in Afghanistan righttheirour loved troopsof the TOPOLITICALAFGHANISTAN.AGGRESSIONHELP THE AFGHAN BY RESISTANCE. HELP 1111111.. US TO ANDIN THE MATERIAL MOUNTAINS SUPPORT OF BURY GIVING MORAL, THE SOVIET -TO WORLDFIGHTSMALLSOVIETBENEFIT AN COUNTRIES. PEACE CITIZENS OFUNJUST ALL AND INCLUDINGWHO WAR THE ARE AND SAFETY BEING THE DIE POORSENTOF THIS IS FOR THE continueif they want to toresist impose no matter their puppets how FORlong the It people will take of Afghanistanend how mang will NO GOOD PURPOSE. sacraficesfreedom.willWe continuehope they allWe those tohauebelieve support who to pay.that loue us peaceby ail properand believe means in theuntil freedom we win of back nations our time is not in the favour of the Soviet theAlthoughAfghanistan.invaders General theand Assembly, Soviets the world haue theg will rejectedare not feeling forget the the previousthe pressure suffering resolutions of them.of the passedpeople Inof pastWeWith are and the thankful hope best theyregards to allwill those continue who to heue do so supported in the future. our just cause in the Jaml'etLeaderProf.Yours B. Islamssincerely Aobboni Afghanistan. AFG HANNEWS

A FORTNIGHTLY BULLETIN OF JAMI'AT ISLAMI AFGHANISTAN Post Office Box No. 264, Peshawar- Pakistan. Vol. II, No. 22, 15/11/1986.

SOVIET INCURSION IN THE MUSLIM WORLD

The United Arab Emirates have agreed to the opening of a Soviet Embassy in Abu Dhabi. It is indeed sad news to see that the killers of' the people of Afghanistan are gaining a foothold in a strategic area in the Muslim world. The Soviet Empire is based on Marxist Leninist ideology which denies the existence of God and considers all religious people reactionary. They hate all religions and try hard to destroy them but their enmity towards Islam is greater than to others. What the Soviets did to the Muslims of Centeral Asia, the North of Iran and Turkey is a black page in history. Their language, culture, places of worship, in short, every side of their material and spritual life were colonized and Sovietized. The great centers of Islamic knowledge were destroyed for ever. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is another example of their enmity towards Islam and Muslims. So far they have killed half a million innocent Muslims and have driven five million from their country and have destroyed 75% of all villages and towns. They do all this to pave their way for the expansion of their empire and the control of the world. The double game that the Soviets have played in the Middle East has made it possible for Zionists to enjoy the occupation of Islamic Palestine. The opening of Soviet embassiesin the Islamic world doesnot serve any useful purpose. These embassies turn into the centersofconspiraciesagainst the governments, and places for recruiting agents and creating puppet parties. Culturlal ties with the Soviets is a way of taking young people to the Soviet Union to brain -wash them. Opening the door of an Islamic country to an invader and expantionist who dreams of world hegemony, is giving hope to the invaders to continue their present policies. Once the leaders of the Resistance in Bukhara were saying " Today Bukhara Tomorrow Afghanistan" but Afghan leaders of the time did not pay attention and we see the consequences of that indifference. Today the people of Afghanistan aresaying " Today Afghanistan tomorrow the Gulf°. If the leaders of the Islamic countries do not care, and remain indifferent the day which they will regret will not be too far away. A NEW TYPE OF BOMB Soviet criminals are using Afghanistan as a testing ground for their weapons. They have used different types oftheir weapons in Afghanistan to improve their performance. Recently they have started to use a new type of bomb in Ferkhar and Panjshir. The bomb explodes in the middle of the air and creates a lot of fragments which are pushed towards the ground. The fragments are similar to the fragments created by the explosion of a D-30 artillery shell. The bomb is very strong and its fragments can penetrate the ground up to 30 cm,. AFG_EAN NEW VOL. II NQ. 22 15/11/1986 PAGE 2

A TRAITOR CAPTURED In an occuppied country a few people can be found who offer their services to the enemy and spy against their own people. In Afghanistan wealso have these people who sell their honor and dignity to the enemies of the their religion.

One suchtraitor was Qazi Sekander from Andarab in Baghlan province. He was captured by our valiant Mujahideen in Andarab and was submitted to theJudicial authorities to be tried. He was the person who led a delegationto Kabul to meet the puppet Babrak. He had appeared on enemy television and supportedthe occuption of Afghanistan. He had offered a home -made clock (Chapan) to Babrak, (the greatest traitor), a symbolic gesture to honor him. He has now been captured and is facing trail. Every body knows the paneltyfor such actions and he and other traitors will not escape un- punished.

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P Ylf 29 /10 /1986.Mujahideen attacked a Soviet supply convoy in the lower partof the Panjshir valley. One tank, two APCs and 20 trucks full of ammunition were set onfire. The enemy casualties were not immediately known. 17/10/1986. Mujahideen of Bazarak shot down an Mi -8 helicopter with DShK. 1/11/1986. One tank was blown up by land mine in Paarakh, 30 Km. inside thevalley. All the occupants of the mentioned tank were killed.

11/10/1986. Mujahideen of Chemalwarda ( a side valley in Rukha) attacked an enemy post on the top of a mountain. The post was destroyed and theSoviets were forced to abandon the mentioned post, Mujahideen suffered no casualties and the casualties of the enemy was not immediately known. 12/10/1986. Mujahideen of Tulkha ( a side valley of Bazarak 35 Km. inside the main valley) attacked the enemy positions in Rahman Kahail with heavy weapons. Two houses occupied by enemy soldiers were destroyed. On the same day, two tanks were blown up by land mines planted by Mujahideen from the same area. No figure is given for enemy casulties for the two incidents. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II NO. 22 15/11/1986 PAGE 3 Mujahideenofficerattacked15/10/1986.16/10/13986. killed. the sufferedenemy TheMujahideen A MujahideenpostSoviet no casualties. at Rahconvoy of Gulbahar-i siezed -Tang. was ambushedtwo Three( a PKtown puppet machineguns by in thethe soldiers Mujahideenmouth andwere of fivethe capturedfrom Paàjshir AK- Shotol( 47s.Theand valley) onea small Salangwounded.ammunitionHighwaynarrow isvalley Theinsidea narrowand attack situated3the A.PCs startedvalleySalang betweenwere atthrough valley. 2:00 destroyed. IPM. the Aswhich Salanganda resultAbout continuedthe Salang andof100 a Panjshir6Soviet till hour highway 8:00 soldiersbattle PM. vallieys) passes. 50 were vehicles oneitherThis the carryinghighwaykilled Salang or whichThethisconnectsJami'at highwayMujahideenthe Soviets figurethe andSoviet inuse.of regularly theShotol Theborder area. Mujahideenare attack to commanded Kabul. this enemyare It isquiteby the lifeCommander wellmost -line. organized important Saeed in atransportation thepious valleys and dedicated around route e attacked14 /8 /1986.According a resupply convoy to a of late the report enemy from Fighting Sancharak continued district, for Mujahideen ten long days. from 4 Jamitanks at JAIVZIAA PROVINCE puppetandMujahideenenemy10casualties 4 civilians trucks troops used were were were jetsjoined believed and destroyedmartyred Mujahideen helicopters to bewhile by high theland against 21 andenemy but minesMujahideen broughtno the fire.precise or Mujahideen. rocket andfigure fire19 is civilians fromavailable.4Two theheavy were Mujahideen. Mujahideen weapons wounded. of 15 Theand the their weapons with them.Enemy re-theanAccording offensiveestablishenemy reachedto the againsta report garrison close Ferkharwhich towhich the was districtcity they sent of lost Ferkhar.byon thesome3/11/1986. Council Thetime perpose ago. ofAfter the Fighting ofNorth,suffering the attackis the continuing, heavyenemy seems casualties launched to be to TAMAR PROVINCE letterAfghan was News written recieved on 5/10/1986. a letter from Here Esmaeelare some than important the chief points commander from the letter:of Herat. The BERATPROWÌ E airforce2-3-1- The The enemy and siegeenemy long isof is putting Herat-range planning which greatartillery. to startedpressurecontinue on on this19/7/1%6 the situation Mujahideen is still by bringingcontinuing. by the inextensive more troops. use of the 4- Our problems are: b)a) Shortage of armsfood forand the ammunition Mujahideen and the people 6-5-casualties WeEnemy have casualtiescapturedso far have 200 reachedare enemy high. up troops Accordingto 450 (puppets) dead andio andour wounded. 180sources guns insideof different the enemytypes.c) Shortage their of medicine and clothes AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II NO.22 15/11/1916 PAÇE 4

7- So far SO civilians have been killed. 8- As a result of continous fighting more people are becoming refugees. 9- Thanks Allah the morale of the Mujahideen is high.

., i K IANPROVINCE 19/8/1986. Puppet troops attacked Mujahideen positions in Jurm district. They were supported by the airforce and long range artillery. After losing 18 men in 12 hours of battle the enemy retreated,Mujahìdeen casualties are not mentioned in the report. 9/8/1986. Mujahideen attacked the enemy post in Qala-i-Gonbad in Jurm with RPG-2s and is. Twelve puppets were killed and seven others wounded. 4/10/1986. Mujahideen attacked aKHAD post in Jurm. 21 communists were killed and 9 others wounded, 25 Ak -47s and some ammunition were siezed from the enemy. 9/10/1986. The enemy airforce heavily bombed some villages in Jurm district as a result of which a large number of houses were destroyed, harvests set on fire and cattle killed. 10/10/1986. In an ambush set by the Mujahideen, 2 puppet soldiers were killed and 4 others captured. After these clashes, attacks on the enemy continued and in period of one month the casualties (dead and injured) of the enemy mounted to 84. The report which was written by Hají Zabet the commander of the area gives no figure for the casualties of the Mujahideen and the local civilians. It should be mentioned that recieving news from this area is very difficult. This is due to the distance and road blocks because of the long winter. KIIJI, PROVIAVE 14/10/1986. Mujahideen from Jami'at attacked the provinciál capital of Kunar with 107 mm. rockets Mujahideen fired 200 rounds in five days. According tothe report most of the rounds hit the targets and caused damage to the enemy. However there are no

details of the enemy casualties . The enemy retaliated by bombing the area, The operation was lauched under the command of Khan Jan the commander of Jami at in Marawar valley.

ALMIGHTY ALLAH SAVED RABBANI An attempt to destroy the residence of Rabbani was foiled by the Peshawar police on October 28th. Three KHAD agents who were trying to plant a strong bomb in the residence of Prof. B.Rabbani, the leader of Jamfat Islami Afghanistan, were captured approaching the house, It was reported that the bomb was six Kg. in weight and was equipped with remote control system. The terrorist gang was composed of two engineers and one medical doctor who were all arrested by the security forces. These types of terrorist actions which are engineered by the Soviets to eliminate the Resistance leaders, have continued since the beginning of the war. What is new is the intensity of these types of missions. The new situation requires tight security measures by the Mujahideen parties and their close cooperation with the security forces of Pakistan to identify and capture the enemy agents. AFGHAN NEWS VOL_ II PTO. 22 15/11/1986 PAGE

THE SITUATION IN DARWAZ Darwaz is a district of Badakhshaa province situated along the border with the Soviet Union. The people of Darwaz have been resisting the Soviet invaders and their puppets since 1979. This is a remote area with little connection with the outside World. The reporter of Afghan News talked to Abdul Karim a young Mujahid from Darwaz who has recently come from the area. Here are some extracts from his conversation:

It takes one month to come from Darwaz to Pakistan. The route is difficult and one has to climb more than eight passes each about 16,000 feet high. Darwaz is eight days walk from Faizabad the provincial capital of Badakhshan. There is no road passable by car from Faizabad to Darwaz.

The Mujahideen of Darwaz are organized in 4 base areas namely, Koof, Sheki, Shoryan . and Mymay. The chief commander of Darwaz is Ameer Mohammad Fedaii. All the Mujahideen of Darwaz are members of Jamiat and no other party has a presence there. The Mujahideen have a civilian organization besidse the military organization in the area. They have financial, military, cultural and judicial committees. The Chief Justice of Darwaz is Mawlawi Shair Ahmad. Shariat Law is applied iri the area and Mujahideen collect taxes to meet their needs. The medical situation in the area is bad. There is no doctor. There are only two para- medics who have studied short term courses in Peshawar. The people are deprived of the merits of modern medicine. Mujahideen do not have any publication but they are running ten schools. The teachers are chosen from amongst the educated people and the religious scholars.

WE THANK ALL THOSE 122 COUNTRIES WHO VOTED FOR THE UN RE50LUTION ASKING FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE FOREIGN(SOVIET) TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN.

The food situation is very serious. The area is very mountinous and does not havea lot of land which could be cultivated. The available land does not yeild enough because of the absence of good seed and the lack of enough cattle. The Soviets burn thecrops when they attack. People bring food from Ragharea which takes eight days for a two way journy . Last spring both Mujahideen and the local people were facing shortage of food. In order to be able to buy food they need cash.This is the onlyway to help the people and Mujahideen in this remote area.

In one village last year,the Soviets killed 60 cows and 30 donkeys and a large number of sheep and goats. Militarily speaking, the Mujahideen in thisarea have logistic problems.Shortage of weapons and ammunition are away a problem.

Darwaz is located on the border and the Amu river seperates thearea from the Soviet Tajikistan province. The villages are so close thatone can see a man standing in a Soviet village from an Afghan village. In all the military operations the Soviets bring their troops from the other side of the the river. They have established pests inside the the Soviet territory opposite each Afghan village.They have stationed tanks and other heavy weapons in these posts. When they want they pound Afghan villages from these posts. Almost all the military operations launched by the enemy in thearea are in the form of commando actions. Planes fly from the Soviet territory andeven the heavy weapons fire from the Soviet Union. Last year (1985), Soviets massacred 60 civilians in `Walfath' village using hand grenades. Among those who vere killed were women and children. In this village anda neighboring village 100 houses were razed to the ground by enemy planes. The Soviets are being helped by about 700 militiamen from Darwaz. These peopleare affiliated with a communist party called Setam- i- Milli(National Depression Party),a faction of the Khalq party which seperated from itsome years back. No Khalqi or Perchami is present in the area. Mujahideen have been very active ( taking into account their limited resourcßs) in the area. Some times they have carried out cross border operations. Last year,Samiullah a commander of the Mujahideen crossed the river at night with his friends and attacked a Soviet post, killed some soldiers and returned back safely. Mujahideen have also mined roads inside the Soviet Union which has destroyedsome vehicles. A big explosion took place in Qala -i -Khan air base inside the Soviet Union. Ammunition dumps burned for one weak and a number of helicopters and antonov planeswere destroyed. Mujahideen of the area claim responsibility for this action andsay that it was their sabotage work. . The Soviets are making use of pressure anti- personnel mines in Darwaz. Theseare plastic mines which can not be detected by metal detectors.

The Soviets try to terrorize the civilian popultion of thearea to stop them from helping the Mujahideen. One day they killed 8 people with aies in broad daylight. They were suspected of helping Mujahideen. Despite all the difficulties and enemy pressure the moraleof the Mujahideen is high and they believe in their final victory. They are unified and relatively organized. They badly need weapons ,ammuntion and cash to buy their needs and the needs of the people in the area.

PUPPETS ADMIT Najibullah,the leader of the puppet regime has admitted thatsome students publicly express their anti- Soviet sentiments in educational instituations run by the puppet regime, He warned that such oppositions would be crushed by strongmeasures. Most of the people living in the Soviet controlledareas support the resistance. So far all the harsh measures to curb such anti- Soviet activities has failed andNajib's remarks is a sign the of frustration of the puppets.

WISHFUL THINKING The Soviet puppets in Afghanistan have mademany false promises to their their latest is the most extreme.

Najib has promised the party members that Kabul province willbe cleared of the presence of Mujahideen in a period of three months.Najib has resorted to the slogans of 1978.In those days they were boasting about their victories andwere thinking that they had succeeded in imposing the Soviet systemon the Afghan people. They were AFGHAN NEWS VOL. I I N0,22 15 /i 1/1986 PAGE 7 defeated by the people and finally came back to the country with 100; 000 foreign troops. Now that seven long years have passed the Red Army has not been able to take even few steps towards what they came for. Najib and his colleagues should have learned their lessons by now and should abstain from making such slogans. Three months is a short period for a guerilla war. It will come to an end soon and the Mujahideen will be more active not only in Kabul province but in and around the city itself. Najib is preaching such victories for two purposes. Inside the country he wants to give hope for a demoralized army and outside he wants to show the world that he is gaining ground in the war against the Mujahideen. But wishful thinking and false promises only frustrate them more. WPC DENOUNCED SOVIET INVASION The World Peace Council which is considered a Soviet backed organization held its congress last month in Copenhagen. The chairman of the Radical Party of Denmark denounced the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 50 demonstrators entered the hall where the congress vas in session and raised slogans against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The leader of the largest labour union in Denmark criticized the situation in Soviet block countries where trade unions do not have the liberty to criticize the military stand of their governments. It is a good sign that justice is defended in such a congress which has been a traditional supporter of the Soviet policies.The Soviets usually hide behind the words and manipulate some organizations to give them a peaceful image.But everything has a limit.The Soviets have invaded a small neighbouring country and have been busy killing its people since seven years. It has also has helped Vietnam to invade Cambodia. 'With all this how can they claim to support peace. We appreciate the Danish organizations stand to raise their voices against aggression committed by a super power. The incident embarrassed the Soviet delegation and this is the price they have to pay for the unjust war they have unleashed against the people of Afghanistan. CAN WE TRUST THE SOVIETS The Soviet leader has sent a message to Robert Mogabe the current chairman of the NAM. In his message the Soviet leader has assured him of Soviet cooperation with NAM. The Soviets try to give the impression that they are supporters of the NAM. In some cases they call themselves the natural allies of the non -aligned countries. In the past there were some people who believed that, but the events in the past ten years have shown that the Soviets do not respect the NAM principles and ignore its requests. The Soviets invaded Afghanistan which was a member of the NAM. Several resolutions asking for the withdrawal of the Soviet troops have been passed by the NAM all of which have been rejected by the Soviets. They also have helped the Vietnamese to occupy Cambodia and war continues there too. With all these blatant voilation of international law and creating the greatest human tragedies of the time, how can they claim that they have any concern for peace and the well being of the poor nations. The NAM which the Soviets want and support, is the one which supports her policies and only criticize the other super power. In the eyes of the Soviets, Cuba and India who AFGHANNÌWS

A FORTNIGHTLY BULLETIN OF JAMI'AT ISLAMI AFGHANISTAN Post Office Boa. No. 264, Peshawar- Pakistan. Vol. II. No. 23, 1/12/1986.

ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT VICTORY The fall of Nehrin garrison on November 13th was a significantvictory for the Mujahideen. This victory came in less than three months after the fall of Ferkhar garrison. Nehrin is a district of Baghaan province 35 km. N -E of Baghalan city. The garrison was manned by more than 400 men from the puppet army. In 1979 Mujahideen captured the same garrison but it was re- establihed andstrengthened.In the past Mujahideen had attacked the garrison several times but were not able to capture it.

When the council of the North was formed,Abdul Ray Ilagjoo, the chief commander of Jami'at in Baghian agreed to cooperate with the efforts of Cammander Masood in coordination and re- organizational work in the North. As a result of this agreement the victory over the garrison became a reality. This victory indeed encourages the Mujahideen of this *rea and will serve as an example for the Mujahideen of the rest of Afghanistan to see the result of coordinated actions carried out by trained Mujahideen, applying the surprise element. It is interesting to see that when Mujahideen were planning the attack on the garrison they were fighting another battle against the enemy forces in Ferkhar which was trying to re- establish the garrison they lost two months ago. The enemy lost that battle too The following conclusions can be drawn from the victory in Nehrin: 1- The North has undergone a significant organizational change and has moved to a new stage in the war for liberation (jehad). 2- There is an improvement in the tactical abilties of the Mujahideen, to lead battles in which more than 500 men are taking part.They surprised the enemy in coordinated action and von the battle with relatively low casualties.

3- Self- sacraficeis an obvious facet of this new development. People from different areas are commnaded by local commnaders, We should admit that this was not possible in the past. 4- Great descipline during and after the battle is shown in all the operations. The spoils of war belong to the organiaztion and the prisoners are delivered to the judicial authorities and the Mujahideen take precaution of possible enemy counter attacks. These elements to a large extent were missing in traditional wars. 5- Both Mujahideen and the civilians' morale have been boosted, This lat victory will improve morale yet more. The puppets morale is love. After their recent crushing defeat and the unability of the Soviets to help them will demoralize them further. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. I I NO.13 1/12/1986 PAGE 2 survivetowardsmode6- The to Mujahideen's and anthe aggressiveexpand enemy their isattitude aone. mustnetwork. It towards isfor a guerillasignificant the enemy fighters change. has ifchanged theyThe aggressiveare from to a defensive attitude be able to onlyAfghanistan7-the8- The Mostalive Mujahideen, pessimistic butimportant is active challanged God too. viewsof all,help by theexpressed thosethese mercy whopositive of by help Almighty some developments. themselves. people Allah overAlmightyhas The been theresistance situationon Allah the is sidehelped not in of thenightthankful formselfless to improveof to effortsvictory Him. the of over thousandsorganizational the enemy. of our All work. brothers that These is from and efforts sistersour bard(Allah) shoved who worked their and resultday we andare in NEWS FROM THE BATTLE FIELDS againstMujahideen the fortified from jamiat enemy launched garrison a surprised, in Nehrin co- and ordinated capered andit. The well first -planned phase attackof the NAHRIN GARRISON CAPTURED attackOnwereadministrationDuring 13/11/1986 was captured. this launched phase, atand 3:00at the three4 :15 pm,headquarters pm.posts the on second belonging 11/11/1986 of phase the toSarandoy ofand the the continued armed attack (Police), forces was till launched 4:00KHAD of theam puppettheand which next the resulted regimedistrictday. sttit operation:in the fall of the whole garrison. The following units of Mujahideen took part in the 1- Two Central units. 4-3-2- ASeveral mobile units unitunit from from KhostNahrinPanjshir -o (Baghlan -Fring(Kapisa (Baghlan province),province). province), TO us, ISLAM IS A WAY OF LIFE 5- Some units from the center of Baghlan. * ** 6- A unit from Keshm (Badakhshan).

7- A unit from t)unduz. 8- A unit from Eshkamish (Takharprovince). The following items were captured by theMujahideen: 1- 3 tanks (type not mentioned) 2- 4 pieces of artillery (76 mm)

3- 4 mortars

4- One R -104 communication set

5- One unìtcation set of 'PALMA' typebelonging to Sarandoy (police 6- 1,000 light weapons of differentkinds.

7- A great amount. of ammunition ofdifferent types. 8- Great quantities of food, clothesand medicine

.9- 5 trucks, During the fighting one Mi -17 helicopterwhich was trying to bring re-inforcements to the garrison was shot down withDShKM fire.

Basilian proyince and Comma *4erRums, the commader ofJamiat in Baghlart city, worked as ,mssdeputy. During the operation 19 Mujahideen weremartyed and 26 others woundedwhich is a relatively high casualty. All the garrison troops which numbered450 people were either killed,wounded or captured. No more details are availible yet.Nehrin garrison was maned by thePuppet army and there were noSoviet personnel there. Nahrin is a district of Baghalan province about35 Km. North -East of Baghlancity. PANJSHIR

11711/1986 Mujahideen from Chmalwarda( aside valley in Rukha) attacked theSoviet garrion and positions belonging to the puppetswith 82mm, RR, Mortar and RPG. As a result of the attack,the headquarters of theSoviet forces and two ammunitiondumps were set on fire. Mujahideenreturned safely to their base .Enemy casualties are not known yet. Rukha is town in Panjshir which had apopulation 15,000 before the war. TheSoviets have about 4.000 troops stationed in the townbut control not a single sole there.The town is deserted. The commander ofthe area is a brave young man , namedGulhaider who has an artificial leg. BA.AGBIS PROVINCE

28/10/1986 Mujahideen attacked enemy postsin Sabz Kotal and Khawja Pastan. 8 enemy (IRA) soldiers were killed and sevenothers wounded. Three enemy soldiers surrendered to the Mujahideen. One Mujhaicfwasmartyred. 4, AFGHAN NEWS VOL, il NO 23 I/12/1986 PAGE 4

TAKHAR PROVINCE

THE ENEMY OFFENSIVE AGAINST FERKHAR FAILED TO ACHIEVE ITS AIM The combined Soviet and puppet forces which launched an offensive in Ferkhar on November 3rd withdrew after suffering heavy casualties without achieving anything. The enemy troops. which consisted of the 18th and 20th divisions of the puppet army, and a Soviet unit reached Ferkhar city after considerable difficulties.They were ambushed along the route and suffered heavy casualties the exact details of which are not yetavailable. On 5th November, when the enemy forces were busy consolidating their positions, they came under attack and a fierce battle continued from 9.00a.m to 3.00pm. The enemy became demoralized, abandoned the area and retreated. So far there are no details of casulties for either side. Here is the report of the engagements of the Mujahideen with the invading forces around Taleqan, the provincial capital of Takhar province:

22/10/1986. Combined forces of the enemy launched an attack against the Mujahideen position in the center of Takhar province. Mujahideen resisted well. 45 puppet and Soviet soldiers were killed or wounded. 30/10/1986, Soviet and puppets supported by tanks and airplanes attacked Mujahideen controlled area in Ahahan Dara. 12 enemy soldiers were killed and 6 puppet soldiers captured. Mujahideen captured 21 Ak -47 guns from the enemy. During the ten days of bombardments of the residential areas of Aahen Dara 25 houses were destroyed and 30 civilians killed. 4/10/1986. Mujahideen from Jamiat attacked a security post of the enemy in Talegan. 4 soldiers were killed and 4 guns siezed. 11/11/1986 Mujahideen attacked an enemy post in Aaq Masjed. 10 enemy soldiers and officers were killed and two others wounded. Mujahideen Captured 2 RPDs and 6 Ak -47 guns. In these operations the report does not give any number for the casualties of the Mujahideen. It should be mentioned that this force is the same which attacked Farkhar to establish the garrision but failed.

SOVIET aFFENSIVE AGAINST SHEMALI According to reliable sources of Mujahideen the Soviets launched a large offensive against Chemali on November 11th. In this offensive two Soviet divisions and a large number of puppet troops are taking part. The offensive was launched after heavy aerial and ground bombardments of the area by the enemy. The enemy lost ten tanks and APCs in Totomdara ( about 7 Km. North of Charikar city on the Salang highway), three tanks in Jabulseraj ( at the mount of the Salang valley 75 Km. from Kabul) and five tanks in Gulbahar ( at the mouth of the Panjshir valley) .The report says that the Mujahideen lost 9 men during these operations. Commander Masood gave orders to the Mujahideen of Salang and Panjshir to attack the enemy from the rear, In order to stop Mujahideen's reinforcements reaching Shemali, the Soviets launched attacks against Feraj and Abdara side valleys which are located at the lower end of the Panjshir valley. On November 15th two enemy helicopters which were landing commando troop in Abdara were shot down with DShKM fire. whichOn November 50 trucks 18, and Mujahideen oil-tankers attacked and the enemy convoys in Salang 3 Russian tanks were destroyed:The enemy 6 as a result of regimeTheretaliatedcasualtiescommando enemy is muchwith offensive from troops heavy larger either landed which bombardments thanside in is arein theheaded previous given Salang. by inof Gulabzooy,theFighting years.the report. area Fighting still and the continue on interior continues 20th there. ofminister November and of the puppet no details of enemy

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Unionpressure lead from 'to thea solution world community which... the r e i e ', ï'e n o ce ,e viset* col + =": o " ie.. GeneralforHaving international Assembly considered peace the anditem security entitled ". The situation in AfghanistanTHE andTEXT its implications OF THE UN RESOLUTION ON AFGHANISTAN ReaffirmingNovemberofRecalling November itsof 1984,1981..resolutionsthe purposes 40/12 37/37 ES-of of 13 of29 6/2 November principlesNovember of 14 January of 1982,of 1985. the 1980, 38/39 Charter 35/5737of 23 of November the of United2 November of 1983,Nations 1980,39/13 and 36/34of the 15 ofReaffirmingState_obligation Governmentforce against of furtherall and theStates tosovereignty, the choose to inalienable refrain their territorialin systemtheir right international of freeintegrity all from peoples andoutside relations topolitical determine intervention, from indpendence the their threat subversion, own orof form useany Gravelycoercionpeacecontravention and concernedor constraint of the at of the,above any continuing kind principles, whatsoever, foreign and its armed serious intervention implications in Afghanistanfor international in security. AFGHAN NEWS Y41.. U NO. 23 1/12/1586 PAGE 8 Noting the increased concern of the internationalcommunity over the continued and serious sufferings of the Afghan people and overthe magnitude of social'and ecomomic problems posed to Pakistan and Iran by the presence ontheir soil of millions of Afghan refugees, amd the continuing increase in theirnumber. Deeply conscious of the urgent need for apolitical solution of the grave situationin respect of Afghanistan. Taking note of the report of the SecretaryGeneral and the status of the diplomatic process initiated by him. Recognizing the importance of the initiativesof the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the efforts of the movementof non- aligned countries for a political solution of the situation in respect ofAfghanistan. 1- Reiterates that the preservation ofthe sovereignty, territorial integrity.political independence and non-alligned character ofAfghanistan is essential for a peaceful solution of the problems. 2- Reaffirming the right of theAfghan people to determine their ownform of government and to choose their economic,political and social system free from outside intervention subversion. coercion or constraintof any kind whatsoever.

3- Calls for the immediatewithdrawal of the foreign troops fromAfghanistan. 4- Call upon all parties concerned towork for the urgent achievementof political solution, in accordance with the provisionsof the present resolution. and thecreation of the necessary conditions whichwould enable the Afghan refugees to return voluntarily to their homes in safety and honour. 5.- Renews its appeal to all Statesand national and internationalorganizations to continue to extend humanitarian reliefassistance with a view to alleviatingthe hardship of the Afghan refugees in co-ordination with the United nations High commissioner for Refugees. 6- Expresses its appreciation and supportfor the efforts and constructive stepstaken by the Secretary General, especially thediplomatic process initiated by him, inthe search for a solution to the problem. 7- Requests the Secretary General tocontinue those efforts with a view topromoting a political solution.: in accordance with theprovisions of the present resolution, and the exploration of securing guarantees for the non -useof force or threat of force, against the political independence, sovereignty,territorial intergrity and security ofall neighbouring States, on the basis of mutual guaranteesand strict non- interference in each other's internal affairs and with fullregard for the principles of theCharter of the United Nations. S- Requests the Secretary General tokeep member States and the SecurityCouncil concurrently informed of progress towardsthe implementation of the present resolution and to submit to member States a report onthe situation at the earliest appropriate opportunity. 9- Decide to include in the provisionalagenda of its 42nd session the item entitledthe situation in Afghanistan and its implicationsfor international peace and security.

AFGHANS RALLY IN NEW YORK

On November 6th, a large number of Afghansdemonstrated in front of the UN building to protest against the occupation oftheir country by the Soviets. Thedemonstration took place after the UN General Assemblyadopted a resolution calling for the withdrawal of foreign ( Soviet) troops from Afghanistan. AFGHAN NEWS _1(01. II NO 23 1/12/ 1 986 PAGE 9

MUJAHIDEEN DELEGATION TO THE UN

The Mujahideen sent a delegation to New Yorkat the eve of the General Assembly's debate of Afghanistan issue. This year the delegation was led by Maulawi Mohammad Nabí Mohammadi, the current spokesman of Alliance. Taking into account the nature of such a trip, this year it gained a fair amount of publicity. Sc , far the purpose of the trip has been confined to providing information to the world about the real situation in Afghanistan. It is necessary togive a greater purpose for such trips and its final aim should be e regaining the seat of Afghanistan in the UN. In order to do that both, Mujahideen and the friends of Afghanistan, especially the I,O.0 and the Non-Aligned Movement should take proper steps in this direction. The resistance should forge a better unity in the political and military fields among the member parties. They also need to agree on'a political program to avoid difficulties of the past. A common office should be openened in New York and an advisory body of Afghan experts be formed to advise the high council of the Alliance about the political and legal aspects of the problem. The friends of Afghanistan, especially I.O.0 should support the political initiative of the Mujahideen and as a first step recognize the Resistance as the full member of I.O.C. These steps lead to the recognition of the Resistance as the sole representative of the people of Afghanistan by a large number of countries. The question of regaining the Afghanistan seat which will be decided in the General Assembly( where the Soviets can not veto the move) has a fair chance of success. There is the need for careful planning and and hard work.

VIOLENCE AT THE UN

When the Mujahideen delgation was going to hold a press confrence inside the UN building, 3 so-called diplomats of the puppet regime attempted to prevent the delegation from entering the conference hall. They resorted to violence inside the UN building. It was a blatant voilation of the UN rules and against the spirit of the organaization which has been established to preserve peace. All the three puppets possessed diplomatic status. The incident reveals the attitude of those who have helped the Sovets to kill a million of their own people and are kept in power with the help of 150, 000 Soviet troops. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia lodged a protest against the puppets' undiplomatic action, The UN General Secretary called it a deplorable incident. We believe that the decision to resort to violence and attempt io stop the Mujahideen delegation can not be made by the puppets themselves. Inside Afghanistan and outside, they wait for directions from the Soviets. Who are the puppets to do such a tiling in the UN building without the Soviets approval? Those who are fully aware of the Soviet- puppet relationship do not find it difficult to to understand the Soviets' hand behind this ugly incident. MADINA ORPHENAGE

ladina orphanage was established three years ago to take care of some of those children who have lost their parents in the war against the Soviet invaders. It has a beautiful building, outside Peshawar, which houses 450 boys of the age 4 to 10. There is a separate bran ch of the orphanage which has a total number of 100 girls of the same theage, orphanage. Children study and stayAFGEMLNENSYOLIITEL23 in the hostel of the orphanage. They 1/12/1986 are fed and lodged by PAGE. 10 TheareAmongstrongincludes, orphange recorded emphasis other reading, is activities andlike on writing,solda religious boarding the to history,studentsthe subjects. school. public natural of Theytheand orphanage science,they follow watch sing films of the activities of the mathematics and sports.a well There prepared is a program which revolutionary songs, which TheelectronicSoMujahideen director far the Media orphenageof inside the and orphenage Afghanistanthe has children been is Habibullahvisited have told by of Ghalib eye-witness a large number of journalists from print and an Afghan scholar who graduated accounts of Soviet atrocities., fromhasIslandAfricanMadina Azharproved is orphanageIslamic closely university vital for reliefco-operating is achievements infunded organizationEgypt. by withShaikh of theisthe Ebrahimalso orphanageorphanage. providing Jolaidan administration. help a citizen of Saudi Arabia. Theto the orphenage. Jami'at This co-operation expandandAfghanbe educational taken the Newsresistance. carepresent of.admireswork Anyorphanage and stepthe wish establishment in and thisthat open directionthe orphanage of such whould acheives be its aim. There is ERMACORNS REPORT more of this type. There are more orphans to an institution as a good humanitarian very much appreciated by the a need to SovietsTheOthersreasonUnited most and forbelieveNations recent partialtheir that reportonlypuppets publication there published of in isFelix aAfghanistan politicalwas partErmacora lack of reasonofthe funds. reporton behind the not violation thisall of decision. it.UN of human officials The partsrights which by was published by the UN authorities. The say that the arethe puppetsnotwithIthave ispublished a madethe pityand Soviets that thethe deals UNtheSoviets who UN authoritieswith hasareangry. grave triedfighting were toviolation cover aafraid colonial up of thatsome holaan war ,aublication ince rights 7 ofby the the whole Soviets report and could their ai d facts for the sake of good relations years. The whole purpose of authoriesafraidreportSovietssending ofthe and"Mercyan ughis situation envoy atheir deplorableThe puppets Sovietsonto surveyin the areas act havearesharp-teethed whichthe underafraid notsituation onlypermitted oftheir reportinghelp is control to leopardthe Mr.tut ap, Cal Ve.7rmacora peoplefacts. j:z.7 The knowto covering about the facts. The The ressor.reason A is persian simple.w poem:el Thieves ofsays: in/us/ice are to the go to Afghanistan and up by the UN sheep'Covering up the suffering of millionsSOVIETS of Afghans CANis injustice DESTROY to the AFGHANISTANand if it is done by an organization like the UN it is a tragic event.BET CAN NOT OCCUPY IT * * * cause of freedom AFGHANN WS

A FORTNIGHTLYBULLETIN OF JAMI`AT ISLAM'AFGHANISTAN Post Office Box No. 264,Peshawar- Pakistan. Vol_ II, No. 24, 15/12/1986.

SOVIETS VERSUS MUJAHIDEENIN 1986 anniversary of the Soviet invasion ofAfghanistan. Since 27th December marks the 7th - that time a bloody war has continued,with no side in a position to claimfinal victory. Although the Mujahideen havefailed to push the Soviets outof their country tso.nething no body expectedthem to do).; The Soviets havefailed tú crush the resistance despite Unbridled use pf forceand the destruction of theeconomy of the country. Let us look closely atthe developments of the militaryand political situation in 1986 to be able to predict the courseof events in the comming year. AfILITART SITUATION The Soviets wanted to achieve thefollowing military aims in 1986:

1- Cut Mujahideen's external andinternal communicat ön network. 2- Drive out Mujahideen from somemajor strongholds. 3- Destablize the tribal areas inAfghanistan and Pakistan. launched in the They had the above three points in mindfor the offensives which they North, East, South -East, South and Westof Afghanistan. (highly publicized by the Soviet andWestern They had a symbolic victory in Jawar by .media); theycould manage to create someproblems around Qandahar city, establishing some new posts; and theydevastated the areas around city of Heratin a long operation to drive the Mujahideenout. In these operations theSoviets suffered heavy casualties and failed to achievewhat they wanted. The enemy could nottotally cut the supply routes, butwhat they did was to make them morerisky by repeated ambushes and by establishing some newposts. Enemy offensives aroundKabul and in the North faced failure. What the enemy expected inthe Tribal belt did not happen. Theflow of arms and money to buy off somesections of the tribes. and extensivepropaganda by their agents in Afghanistan and Pakistan did not turnthe the tribal people to beingfriends of the Soviets and the enemy of the Mujahideen. Soviet attempts to strengthen the positionof the puppet regime failed. Theregime is plauged by:desertion of troops: factionaltensions and incompetence in performing given duties, The last four months of theyear were very embarrassing forthe new leader of the puppet regime when the twogarrisons of the enemy in the North were captured one after the other. Operationsin Kabul city proved that the Soviets have not been able to secure even Kabul with thepresence of 5Q000 troops stationed aroundit. Soviet morale is not high and,that of the puppetsis very low. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II NO. 24 15/12/1986 PAGE 2

AlUJaNIDEENS AlILIT.ARP POSITION During the current year Mujahideen from all over Afghanistan fought well. They repulsed enemy attacks, kept their controled areas free and in some cases went on the offensive and had major victories.

The Mujahideen have great potential . only a fraction of which has been used in the war so far. Lack of efficient organization paucity of proper resouces, military, non- military,political, historical and local problems have prevented them from making full use of this potential. Ideological strength, popular support and proper terrain are all working their side.

The changes in the North under the command of Massoud is not an isolated case, It has a far reaching effect beyond its immediate organizational borders and it set a good example to other areas.The enemy's seven years of effort to destroy this example has f ailed.

THE AGONY OF A CIVILIAN POPULATION

Like any other colonial war; the Soviet war in Afghanistan is against the whole nation. To them the son who is fighting, the father who is farming and the mother who is preparing food and praying for the victory of her son are all the same. This is why they are using everything they have against all the people. Five million external refugees, two million internal refugees. more than half a million dead and 75% of the villages and towns destroyed are the result of this unlimited war. The people suffer. Food is not available, medecine is scarce. education seased and no body feels secure. Families are divided. villages have become the target of Soviet reprisals. The Soviets are trying to put extreme pressure on the population to force them to leave the country )r surrender. Despite much talk very little has been done by the international community to help these honourable people. It is now a problem for the resistance . fhey fight against the Soviets and at the same time try to look after the people inside :he country. With no resources it becomes increasingly difficult to walk on such a tight rope.The Soviets are counting on the outcome of this policy to see the country finally Ieserted by itspopulation. The flow of refugees has continued to neighbouring :ountries.

THE POLITICAL SIDE OF THE PROBLEM

1986' witnessed new Soviet political initiatives. These steps were not aimed at finding a 'iution to the problem but to deceive public opinion and minimize the political costs If the invasion.

nvitìng WesternjournaliststoKabul during the winter of1986;successive Lnouncements for elections and elders assemblies; the withdrawal(f) of some units: hange of puppet leadership and the soft tone of Gorbachev during his trip to India .re all part of this game. These steps have given results and the Soviet have benefited rom them.Even some Western journalists who did not have accurate knowledge about he real situation were misled by these moves and published some articles paintinga ro- Soviet picture on the situation in Afghanistan. In the other hand, Mujahideen have also taken some political steps in 1986 which are mportant TheCoalition still exists and the change of leadership is taking place moothly. Though its performance is not what we want, its survival is an achievement a itself. The spokesman of the Alliance and three other leaders paid an offical visit to ,merica and France. Though the controversy over the American visit prevented it rom achieving some of its aims, generally speaking, it was a good step. A delagation gas sent to New York on the occasion of the 41st session of the General Assembly and xe resolution passed there with 122 votes was a major achievement. The late visit of ref. R. Pabbani, leader of Iamiat Islami to the three African countries isa new door ar more political steps that should be followed. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II NO. 24 15/12/191(6 PAGE 3

GENEVA PROXIMITY TALKS

Despite the optimism of Mr, Cordovez no major achievement has been made in Geneva. The most controversai issue, the right for self- determinìation, was dropped from the agenda and the Soviets refused to wìthdrawa their forces in a. short period of time. It seems that the Soviets do not have any intention to leaveunless the survival of the puppet regime (or a puppet regime) is guaranteed. Under these circumstances. we do not see any possibility in the near future for a solution to the Afghan issue through the present format of Geneva proximity talks.

A GLANCE AT THE FUTURE OF THE WAR e The Soviets have weapons, soldiers and money. In the present form of war that is not enough to win a victory over the Mujahideen. The short term strategy of the Soviets seems to be to act from behind a puppet regime both in military and political fields. The strength and survival of this regime is essential for any major military and political victory. It is obvious that the present puppet regime is too small and too weak to become an important factor in the conflict. This regime doesn't have the support of any section of the Afghan Nation. The only weapon it has is Soviet-money and fire power which are not proper tools to win the loyalty of the Afghan people. on the other hand nujahideen, though not in a position to force the enemy out, have popular support. They are determined to continue and their fighting abilities are improving and their political initiatives are moving in the right direction. With these elements one can say that the war will continue and will even escalate, People will suffer moreand become refugees. 1987 will be witness to important military and political confrontations and even the Soviets may try to create problems for Afghans in the neighbouring countries by direct and indirect means. The future of the resistance depends on the coordination and reorganization of fighting forces inside the country and better cooperation among the parties in the political field It is also important that those who oppose genocide and destruction of all aspectsof the life of a nation atthe hands of the Soviets should feel their responsibilities. They should honestly support Afghans bothmorally and materially, and put greater pressuure on the Soviets. Peace will return to Afghanistan when the Soviets leave and the people of Afghanistan are given the opartunity to decide their future, free from outside influence and the threat of subversion of any kind. Until then. the presence of an effective reistance is a must to achieve that aim.

RABBANI'S TRIP TO AFRICA Prof R.Rabbani the leader of jamiat Islami of Afghanistan. left Peshawar for Africa on Dec 4th: 191+6 He will officially visit the three countries of Senegal, Niger and Gabon. He will have meetings with high ranking officials of the three countries. This trip is part of the political activities of the Mujahideen aimed at mobilising 'world public opinion behind the just cause of Afghans. This is a significant trip because the three countries belong tothe Non -Aligned Movementand the trip will improve the position of the Mujahideen inthis organization This trip will help the leaders and people of the host countries to have a better knowledge of the situation in Afghanistan. This is necessary because the mobilization of public opinion in the ThirdWorld countries against the invasion is one of the main political targets of the Reistance. We believe that such trips by the leaders of the Resistance are necessary and serve a great purpose, AFGHAN NEWS VOL, II NO. 24 15/12/1986 PAGE 4

NEWS FROM THE BATTLE FIELDS

A.NlIARAB

All the enemy posts in the Pashaii valley of Andarab havecome under the control of the Mujahideen. Pashaii is the valley which cónnects Andarab to Panjshir through the famous Khawak pass. On October 25th whenthe Soviets captured Aadel Khan (Nephew of Juma Khan ) because of incompentence in his duties as head of militia forces in Andarab.most of the 300 Militia joine "d the Mujahideen along with their weapons.

On 26/11/1986 the Soviets tried to recapture the strategic Pul -i -Sar posisition, located in Pashaii;but faced a tough resistance from the Mujahideen. Theenemy retreated after losing 3 tanks ,two trucks and an unknown number ofmen.

It should be mentioned that Andarab came under the control of the Soviets in 1984but the resistance has re- gained ground in the past one and halfyears. Mujahideen have liberated most of the side valleys from the control of the Soviets and theirpuppets. ME OFFE AGAINST SREMAL f ENDED

According to a report the enemy offensive against Shemali endedon November 26th Mujahideen fought well. The enemy lost 38 tanks and trucks during the offensive. 200 puppet troops and 80 Soviet soldiers were killed. Mujahideen also suffered casualties the exact number of which is not availible yet.

During the offensive in Shemali the Soviets also attacked the Salang and Shotolvalleys. One enemy jet and one helicopter was hit by Mujahideen DShK and crushed inthe areas under the control of the Mujahideen. ln a seperate clash in Ferai side valley of Panjshir 20 Soviet soldierswere killed on Nov. 16th

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The enemy attacked Jegdalek from the ground and airon Nov. 29th. The Mujahideen shot down an enemy jet with DShK, which crashed in thearea controlled by the Mujahideen. The pilot was killed. Mujahideen could not identify thetype of plane. In ground clashes 15 militias of theenemy were killed. One Mujahid was martyred. The enemy purpose was to establishsome permanent post in Jegdalek. On December 2nd and enemy was forced to leave the area. During the retreat. theenemy lost S tanks and trucks as a result of mine explosions. The mineswere planted by the Mujahideen The report is signed by Commander Anwar. AFGHAN NEWS VOL.!!VOL. NO. 24 15/12/1986 PAGE 5

15/11/1986 Mujahideen attacked enemy posts around the city of Herat. More than 100 enemy soldiers were wounded or killed and 10 others captured. Mujahideen seized 35 guns. Two Mujahideen were martyred and S others wounded. The posts which were attacked were part of the enemy security belt, built during the last few months of fighting PAITIRA PROVINCE 11;1996. Mujahideen from Jamì at were attacked by the enemy. During the clash 5 armoured cars of the enemy were destroyed and a large number of its troops killed or wounded. 5 Mujahideen were martyrd and 15 others wounded,

9/11/11986. Mujahideen from Jamfat, Hezb and Harakat attacked the garrison in Waza Ithaw with heavy weapons. The enemy suffered heavy casualties but the exact number is not know yet. Mujahideen suffered no casualties.

Remember how the unbelievers- ploted againsta aanstou - . . . y . to keep you in bonds, or sfay you,: or expel you from your home They plot and plan. But Allah also plans And the best of Planners is Al- Anfal(8)

MEETING SWEDISH OFFICIALS

Prof B,Rabbani met Mr. Bengt Sane -Soderberg, UnderSecratery of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden on 24th of November, in the Political Office of Jami'at in Peshwar fhe two sides discussed the present situation in Afghanistan. Prof Rabbani stressed the iced for humanitarian and political support for the cause of the people of Afghanistan .a end the occupation of that country by the Soviets

Ile Swedish Ambassador in Islamabad and the representative of the Swedish Committee or Afghanistan in Peshawar, were also present at the meeting

(here is a relatively strong support amongthe people of Sweden for the Afghan Cause end Sweden as a neutral countrywith anti -warmovementrecords can play a :onstructiverole in putting politicalpressure on the Sovietaggressorto end their :ccupation of Afghanistan.

LATE VICTORIES CELEBRATED

i'at central offices inPeshwar celebrated the late victories of the Mujahideen in the Borth of the country. n a large gathering which took place in Peshawar on November 30, speakers from ifferent parts of Afghanistan hailed the late victories of the Mujahideen in Nehrin .nd Ferkhar. They supported the efforts launched by Commnader Masood tore- organize AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II NO. 24 15/12/1986 PAGE 6 and coordinate Mujahideen in the five provinces in the North They asked all the Parties in the resistance to take active part in these efforts because that is'the only way to resist the enemy effectively. Among those who spoke on the occasion were Prof. B. Rabbani and Allauddin the commander of the Mujahideen of Herat. The meeting was well organized and well participated. The revolutionary songs sung by the students of Madina Orphanage and other Jamiat schools givea special color to the meeting. Delegations from some other political parties also took part in the meeting.

AFGHANS DEMONSTATED IN DELHI

The Afghan community whose number reaches 6,000.demonstrated in two places in - Delhitoprotest against the occupation of their country by the Soviets.The demonstration took place when Gorbachov was paying an offical visit to India. indian police tried hard to stop such demonstrations and even put a large number of Afghans under house arrest. Police resorted to physical violençe to stop the peaceful demonstration of Afghans as a result of which some Afghans were injured and a large number of them arrested. It is a pity when a criminal like Gorbachov is welcomed with flower petals and the peaceful demonstration of Afghans who have been driven out of their country meet with violence from the Indian police: It exposes the nature of Rajiv's democracy.

WHEN THE IRON MEN WEPT Everybody was happy because they had defeated the enemy and captured Feikhar garrison. It was indeed a moment for joy. Mujahideen were busy transfering the prisoners and carrying away the ammunition and weapons that they had captured. They were expecting a Soviet counter attack so they were prepared to defend themselves in that case . Mujahideen had recieved strict directions from their Chief Commander to make sure that every thing was counted and recorded. After a victory is the time when some people are undiciplined and become careless, the Mujahideen were watching the situation to prevent that from happening. Somebody complained that Safiullah, a group commander, hid taken a coat for himself without reporting it to the appointed committee. Safiullah was one of those few who led the attack to capture the garrison. Masood called Safiullah and scolded him in front of all the Mujahideen for what he had done. He wept and all the Mujahideen wept with him He was embarrassed for a mistake which is part of the life of all humanbeings Masood wanted to teach every one the need for self= control when they are victorious. Safiullah wept for his mistake but that was all he did. This shows the degree of his loyalty to his leader and the depth of his commitment to the cause of Jehad. After the incident he was given another job to suvery the disposion of the enemy forces for another attack in Nehrin district but unforwnately he was ambushed by the enemies of Islam and was martyred.He did not find the chance to see the victory of Nehrin and show his abilities again and this time be careful not to commit a small mistake. The mistake made him more dear to the Mujahideen and will cause him to be remembered more than usual.

PEACE BE UP(J'NALL THOSE OBEDIENT SERVANTS OF ALLAH WHO MN THEYACHIEIE VICTORY PO NOT I.Ct"OME PROUD AND WHEN FAIL laO NOT LOSE HL9RT WHEN TREY C(Jl:fiIT A.MISTAKE BECAUSE OF THEIR Fg1RLDY NATURE REPEAT AND ASK THEIR LORD TO TOROTH' THEM THEY ARE TRN' MUSLIMS AND THE 1i1C11YlDRY OF HISTORY WILL KEEP THEIR 0001)NAMES. NEW FACES OLD P[ILICIES

The notorious Babrak was pushed aside and Haji Mohammadwas appointed as the head of the Revolutionary Council of the regime. Likeany other change it was a Soviet - dictated move to give a better image to the puppet regime.

The Soviets have tried in the past to give the impression that thepuppet regime has broadened its base and the introduction ofa so- called non -party member to a ceremonial post is part of this game.

Their choice, Haji MohammadTsamkaní who has servedas an MP during the time of the King and as the governor of Kunar during the time of Daud,is said to know about the customs of the tribes and can get along with them easily.

The Soviets hope that his appoinment will decievesome people inside as well as outside Afghanistan.

mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of male and female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that you may despise each other). Uerily the most honored of you in the sight of God is (he who is) the most righteous of you.. And God has full knowledge and is well acquainted ( with all things)... oly Ouran -_

As far as inside is concerned this policy is out of date and doesnot suit the situation on the ground. This type of policy could havean effect when the confrontation is an internal problem. In the presence of Soviet forces in Afghanistanand a communist puppet regime these changes do not have any appeal to the majority ofthe people. After more than seven years of war the people ofAfghanistan are too politically aware to be decieved by names or blindly follow the decisions ofsome decieved tribal leaders. The war has had its effect every where, including the tribalareas. In the tribal areas although the tribal system stillexists, the leadership has changed and thenew leadership is more concious of their religious and national dutiesthan some people guess.

It is also wrong to think that the whole Afghan communityis ruled by tribal codes. The Resistance is very strong deep inside the country. Thenew dynamic leadership of the Resistance is much smarter than the puppets andeven than the Godless Soviets themselves.

The Resistance in Afghanistan hasa strong ideological base which should not be underestimated. All the nationalitiesare pulled together by Islamic idealogy. The Soviets are not in a position to disarm the the Resistancefrom their motives:the liberation of Afghanistan and establishingan Islamic government, Therefore all these efforts to change one puppet for another is doomedto failure. People of Afghanistan know the real motives behind all these steps andcan not be decieved. A persian peom says,

Go and wear what color of clothes you like J recognize you from your style of waling. AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II NO. 24 15/12/1986 PAGE 8

GORBACHOV VISITED INDIA The Soviet leader paid a 4 day official visit to India starting from Nov., 25th. Before beginning his visit, Gorbachov tried to disarm the mass media by saying that proximity talks under the auspices of the UN are making progress. Heeves went further to say that. the Soveit Union was in favor of a free, independent andnon -aligned Afghanistan with a friendly regime with the USSR.

This last condition,the friendship of the regime in Kabul with the USSR reveals the true intentions of the Soviets in Afghanistan. The Soviet leader wanted to say that the choice of leadership in Kabul lies with them not the people of Afghanistan_ Gorbachov also tried to decieve world opinion by saying that if America and Pakistan reciprocated the good -will of the USSR there would bea solution to the problem of Afghanistan.

The world clearly knows how the Afghanistan problem was created by the Soviets. The People of Afghanistan were opposing a regime which hadcome to power by a coup and was a dictatorship: This was their internal problem.

In December 1979 the Soviets intervened in favor ofa communist faction and a totally new situation was created Since that time vvar has continued between the people of Afghanistan and the Red Army whichis supported by a handful of domestic communists.

We do not see how the Soviets equate themselves with Pakistan and the USA in thewar of Afgnanistan,If the Soviets call the humanitarian assistance to the refugees and voting for the UN resolutions intervention, they could not convinceany wise and sound person . When Gorbachov was in India he talked about the needto strengthen the UN organization . We do not understand how an organization could be strengthend ifall the resolutions passed by the majority of its members is ignored bya super power member. If the Soviet Union want to see in the UN, a body withno morality to criticize war -mongering powers then that is the end of the life of this body. Rajiv. the prime minister of India welcomed Govbachov witha fanfare and praised him for his commitment to Peace. He said. " Respectour Non- Alignment(.±) we respect your commitment to peace(!)' .

The realities of Afghanistan expose the nature of both. Indian Non- Alignment and the Soviet commitment to peace.

In order to get more economic and military support: India speaks against the principles of Non -Alignment and does not vote for the soft andun -named resolutions of the UN and other international fora which ask for the withdrawal of foreign (Soviet)troops from Non -Aligned Afghanistan. To call yourself Non- Aligned and donot condemn the invasion of a Non- Alin ged country is the paradox of Indian neutrality. Similarly, invading a country and the continuation ofwar for seven years. killing half a million and driving out 5 million others is evidence of the commitment ofthe Soviet leaders to peace

Another important feature of this trip was the extra ordinary securitymeasues taken by the Indians and Soviets themselves.32 thousand Indian police force were not enough and Gorbachov brought 400 more with bullet proofcars. Why do they feel so insecure? We have a saying 'traitor feels insecure ". This isa new phenomenon for the Soviet leaders. This is the price theyare paying for their aggression in Afghanistan. When Gorbachov left India the text of his speach in which he hadattacked religious people was published in Moscow Attacks on religion.( Islam) isa sign of the frustration of the communist leader who is facing the opposition of faithfulMuslims abroad and at AFGHAN NEWS VOL. II NO. 24 J5/12/1986 PAGE 9 home. He knows that Islam is a big danger for his evil empire based on Godlessness and lack of respect for freedom of conscionse. Finallysympathy of the Janata Party to the cause of the Afghansand their demonstration in front ofthe Soviet embassy in Delhi was appreciated by all the freedom fighters h proves that there are Indians who oppose aggression and defend the right of Nations to live freely ANOTHER, BONUS FOR THE COMMUNISTS ICRC has decided to open a hospital in Kabul to treat the puppet troups After securing the release of a dozen Soviet POWs in a one -sided deal this is a second humanitarian(1) step that ICRC have taken for the benefit of the Soviets and their puppets. ICRC authorities are trying to give the impression that they have taken another - positive step in their humanitarian field. While the treatment of wounded people from any side of the conflict is not something objectionable. the way ICRC is doing itis questionable. In the previous deal, some Soviet criminals were sent back to the Soviet Uktion but Mujahideen received nothing in return.A fey months ago Mujahideen allowed them to meet some communist prisoners in Paktia province in return for nothing. Now they have opened medical facilities for the puppets in Kabul without saying anything to the Mujahideen in advance. The question is. why this humanitrian organisation has limited its activities to Pakistan and occupied Kabul and do not do anything in the liberated areas of Afghanistan, This way of dealing with the two sides of the conflict is biased towards the invaders and their puppets. The Soviets and their puppets have given permission for the ICRCto have medical activities in Kabul for political reasons and ICRC will be controlled strictly by the communists, The argument made by ICRC that they treat non- communist as well goes against the reality of the situation in occupied Afghanistan. They have to do what the communists tell them. The Afghan Resistance must speak from a responsible position and should say no to any one -sided deal. The Resistance so far has done enough to show its good will and respect for humanitarian values . The time has come for the Resistance to take into account the political implications of such deals. This is possible when decisions by the individual parties are stopped and the Alliance decides about the deals after a thorough study of the case

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MILITARY SITUATION Pressure on civilians

Tactics used by Soviet occupation troops in the North have beenmore or less the same as used in other strategically important parts in Afghanistan:

(1) Heavy bombardemt by their advanced and sophisticated fightingaircrafts. (2) Rubblising and flattening to depopulate the villages by heavy and longrange artillery.

(3) Launching massive ground offensives to capture Mujahideen bases and hideouts to establish their own posts. (4) Ambushing supply routes. (5) using different types of mines around their posts to stop both infiltration and defiltration

(6) Infiltrating the rank and file of Mujahideen through theirintelligence networks.

Although the Russians have not introduced anynew tactics since a year ago, they have done two main things: stepped up the war and intensified previous tacticsto bring pressure more on innocent unarmed civilians, in an expanded operational zone. Additional subtactics, such as deliberate burning of harvests, destroyingirrigation systems, contaminating drinking water, lootingpeople's property , forcefully conscripting the youth to use them in the battle fields against the Mujahideenand sending hundreds of children to have them brainwashed in Soviet Russia, addedto the pressure on civilians. As Commander Massoud said " pressure on civilians is more now ,,"Russians have not changed their tactics in the North but they have changedtheir direction from Mujahideen to unarmed civilian population ".

With this change of direction the Soviets have made thewar more brutal, wild and inhuman. A local Mujahid commander told me that "the target of the Rusians isnot just Mujahideen hideouts but also civilians' muddy huts ". This is why thisyear in the North every body was talking about civilians plight.

The question is why do Russians bringso much pressure on civilians? "Out of frustration ". Although this answer looks strange in fact it istrue. Despite enormous difficulties, people's cooperation withMujahideen has been increasing in every sphere of life. Hence the Russians have been trying to depopulate strategicareas of the civilian population which co- operates with the Mujahideenby driving them out of the country or sending them into the main cities under their limitedcontrol. Killing and maiming are side effects of this tactic.

At present the Soviets policy can be summarized intotwo main parts which are indeed complement each other:

(a)- hitting stragtegically important and centrally organized basesof Mujahideen. (b)- bringing military, economic and psychologicalpressures on civilians in the strategic areas of the north.

So escalation of the war can be a logical outcome of this policy.

"Organizataíonal work is the only effective challenge to thissinister policy in such and unequal and prolonged war", So Mujhideen in the northwere busy, though slower in the flat areas, in organizing themselves militarilyand mobilizing themselves politically, No doubt there will be a long and hardway to go but with a higher morale and hope, inshallah, they will reach it. AFGHAN NEWS SPECIAL EDITION 0/11/1986 PAGE 3

ORGAINZED WORK IN THE NORTH, AN EFFECTIVE CHALLENGE

Before we see what the Mujahideen have done and what theyare doing now as far as organizational work is concerned, it is better to briefly discussthe socio- political context on which the organization is being built. The terms like organization, mobilization and coordination have only rarely been used amongst Mujahideen in the area, and some who knew these words did not know how to bring them into practice. There were also those who thought it is impossibleto achieve this goal of organizing the war. Different parties, differnt nationalities, different Languages, different socio- economic interests were thereasons for those who were "justifiably pessimistic ". Militarily speaking, every village had itsown commander whoe was proud of protecting that given village from occasional enemy attacks. With the' passage of time these village commanders grew bigger up to district level or even provincial levels and in the meantime grew more independent. Some of them considered themselves if not the petty kings, the "absolute Maliks" of that villageor district. They were themselves the only source of authority. In many cases even if they were affiliated toone political party they did not only cooperate but also competed and fought amongst themselves. Charging higher taxes, disarming another weaker group withoutany good reason, deciding on life and death of people without a judicial system were the charactaristics ofsome of the commanders but fortunately very few in number.

To correct these things a plan was needed, a practical plan,an effective commander and a dominant party. Commander Massoud, with the help of Almighty God, became organizer of this challenge and Jamiat Islami asa party became its strong backing power.

PHASES OF ORGANIZATIONAL WORK: (1) Preli /nary .areetiogs- Based on Prof, Rabbani's permit, therewere three general body meetings in which main Mujahideen commanders from about six provinces of the North participated.The first meeting was at Shar Shar ( Eshkamesh district in Takhar province) in1983. The second one, bigger than the first, was held at Khawak (Panjshir) in 1984. And the third one was held at Khailab(Takhar) in 1985 in which practical decisions were taken. In the third meeting some other effective commanders from other like- mindedpolitical parties also participated. In all these three meetings the main questionwas how to organize and coordinate Mujahideen and help civilians. In the first practicalstep, the meeting resulted in the formation of the Supervisory Council of the North. (2) Supervisory Commit

It works in between the sessions of general body meetings. It hasan executive force combined with an effective administrativepower. It enforces the decisions taken by the meeting of the commanders, It hasa strong judecial system to deal with the problems concerned. It includes different committees suchas financial, cultural, educational, health, It prepares a report of its problems andachievments to be presented to the meetings of commanders. It has authorityover six provinces. Although its works are promising still, due to economicreasons and lack of personnel, it works more slowly than expected. It needsmore time to be firmly established. 0l Solving pvlticar/ prnálesas-

'Political problems were enormous but thanks God solvable"The head of Takhar Sayed Mimad from Jamiat told me that therewere tensions (a) Amongst some Jamiat commanders, (b) Between Jamiat and othergroup commanders and (c) Amongst other AFGHAN NEWS SPECIAL EDITJQN 1 5/11/1986 PAGE 4 group commanders themselves. The tensions were of different natures such as parochial ways of thinking, regional ways of contacting others, traditional ways of organizing their Mujahideen, selfish ways of social behavior,rival ways of approaching or dealing with other parties, and above all, Khad's extensive efforts to infiltrate Mujahideen and take advantage of the mentioned weak points. Thanks to God, commanders having this kind of individualistic and personal interests were in minority and a good majority of people and Mujahideen were in favour of correcting such a suffocating "no plan no organization" atmosphere. According to commander Massoud about 70% of the problems have been solved through a real day and night work with the help of religious scholars (Mama), eldersand like- minded commanders from other parties. Although this initiative is Jamiat's, it does not mean at all that Jamiat wants other parties to be a part of it. The gist of the workis " be in your own party but get organized before the enemy destroyyour forces ". e Government has no doubt increased its propaganda saying that it is Massoud who wants . to expand his zone of influence and power or it is Jamiat which has a so called expansionist policy. Unfortunately some naive and narrow-minded people outside - Afghanistan, mainly in Peshawar, are encouraging this idea without thinking about its harmful repercussions. In fact it is not a challenge to their authority but to the common enemy. (41) Load ti/linces: To continue the process of easing tensions and solvingdiffrences amongst commanders, to maintain what they have already achieved in this regard, to prepare joint operations and coordinate military activities and to help civilians to live in harmony with Mujahideen, local alliances were created. They are at the provincial and district levels. Most of the joint operations this year launchect in Kundoz. Takhar and Baghlan have been the work of these alliances, (see Afghan News Vol. IL No. 7), Victory over Farkhar garrison was a brilliant work of joint cooperation of these local alliances. (5) Orgarrization of the Arse Areas:

There were two types of base areas in the Forth which Mujahideen had to build and organize : (a) Mountain base areas and (b) flat base areas. The work in the (a) type has to a large etend, beencompleted. In the first place Mujahideen chose strategic and deep valleys with high mountains parallel to each other and providing an easy retreat. Mountzin bases like Khailab, Namakab, Farkhar, Ishkamesh, Kishm Worsaj, Khost-o-Fereng, Salang, Kohband-i-Kohistan etc. were organized. This process included both estabiishkng new bases and organizing the already established ones. Each base has its own defensive, mobile and strike groups. Beside this the bases have their sub-bases or (Oarargrah) 'with their own special activities to do. Each base has also its own administrative system with an effective judicial one. Each base has its own general commander with tens of group- commanders. Hundreds of Mujahideen are busy working in their groups. Training centres have been established in different bases to those who had no training. A limited number of medical clinics and a good numiser of primary and mosque schools (madrasas) have been opened. With a limited number of Jack Hammers that they have, groups are busy digging caves in the maountains to make shelters for civilians and Mujahideen to protect themselves from bombardments. Wherever possible irrigation channels are repaired or built. Supply routes are corrected. In short each base has its military and social responsiblities to be fulfilled. According to many commanders Panjshir has been followed and even copied in the North despite Russian efforts over four years to prevent it. They said Panjshir should no longer be called the only base for Soviet offensives. But still, I found it a "mother base" Russians tried twice in the summer of 1986 to destroy the bases by a heavy eleven day bombardment combined with extensive use of long range artillery as well as hundreds of heliborn commando troops but, thank God they failed. The credit undoubtedly goes to the organizational work of Mujahideen. (see From Theory to Practice pages 9- 13, Jamiat Islarni Publication) dFGHAri NEWS SFECIAL WITION 15111/19;6 _PAGE 5 Although orgnìzational work in the flat base areas is going on, it still needs a lot of work. (6) Cresting central groups: The need for central groups was felt right from the beginning. It. was decided to first select the most experienced Mujahideen of Jamiat from six provinces and then expand it to other parties in the other provinces. The idea was to train these groups and produce qualified cadres. Eligibility was (1) to be a good muslim (2) educated (3) with at least six years of war experience. Some groups recieved extensive training for six months. According to Mohammad Muslim a central group commander, " every Mu jahìd in the central group iscapable (God willing) of commanding and training other groups" These groups are mobile.They participate in the larger operations and they aree sent to organize the areas too. Worsaj valley was organized by group No. Z in about two months although the area was relatively difficult. The work of training more groups was slowed down by Russian offensives and lack of financial resources. SOME SPECIAL CHARCTARISTICS OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL WORK (a) Mobility: Mobility is the base of the organizational work in the. north. Almost all the units are made of smaller and mobile groups. They believe that in a militarily unequal war mobility is vital. Without it the whole organizational system will be in danger. They believe that positional warfare is suicide. So from the leadership down to the supply units all are mobile. (AI liiscipline_- Once an area is organized, disciplinary measures become a necessary part of that organization., The orders come from the top and are obeyed by the lower levels. It is not at all a military atmosphere where troops obey whatever the officer says. Here the low levels are consulted in every matter and a decision is taken by all or majority. The minute the decision is taken then every body is bound by it. In one case a very effective commander was imprisoned for one month because he neglected the order of the deputy of the supervisory council. Moreover rational obedience is a part of our religion, and consultation or Jerga is the core of our social and traditional behaviour, (c) Protection of civiliutrs- Civilian protection has become the uppermost priority for the organization. Protection does not always necessarily mean military protection but also social, economic, political, moral, administrative and judicial protection as well. Beside other forms of protection, Mujahideen place the emphasis on economic and judicial ones.

CONCLUSION Organizational work in the North is one of the sources of our optimism regarding the future of Jehad. With such a kind of continous organizational work, we will(Inshallah) be able to bring more and more pressure on the Soviets inside Afghanistan. It will also create a reasonable context to make our friends in the world more optimistic and if possible to increase their support to meet our multi -dimentional needs. We believe that with the help of Almighty God, and an effective and continuous organizationl work, as well as mobilized and unitedworld public opinion against invasion, along with prompt help for Mujahideen and civilians, we will force the enemy to revise its policy,

NOM- Alasr.od h halili is a political Officer e7ol;/fa,mi at /staid Afghanistan rho has just returned from a arm months trip to Afghanistan. The above infearmatiaaa is beASe°el on his personnel obse.rw.rtian.