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JAMIAT -I- ISLAMI AFGHANISTAN POLITICAL OFFICE, G.P.O. BOX 264, PESHAWAR TEL. 41664 AFGHAN NEWS No, 1 1-2-1985 P-3

ISMAIEL OF HERAT - r 198t was a scene of intensified fighting between Soviet- Karmal and Mujandeen forces all over Afghanistan, especially in Panjshir, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar and Mazar Sharif etc.

Although reports of fighting in Herat province are slow inrea- ching Peshawar the Mujahideen of Herat, under Commander IsmaelKhan of Jamiat, have been able to send their reports regularly.

Last week. Ismaeil Than himself went. to Iran.to' give the latest news,. on Herat. In an hour long telephone conversation withprof.Bur- hanuddin Rabbani, leader óf Jamiat Islami Afghanistan, IsmaeilKhan said "that the Russians have been brutally attacking thecivilian population of Herat throughout 1984,

The Russians have deliberately wrecked irrigation systems , burned cìbps and decimated livestock inan effort to starve out civilians who support Mujahideen. Commander Ismaeil said that the Russians, along with their puppets, using this tactic,have been le to drive some of the Civilians out of Afghanistan to Iran or displace them to the neighbouring provinces.

He mentioned that the. food situation in Herat isvery serious worse than last year. He said lack of`foed,medicine and clothes will 'jeopardize civilian lives and endanger Mujahideen bases. He has assured prof.Burhanuddin Rabbani about the organization of the Mujahideen and their morale,

Ismael Khan was highly concerned about thenew Soviet increase pf forces on the Iran -Afghanistan border and said that thepurpose of his trip is to warn the concerned authorities ofIran about Soviet activities on their border.

In an interview with the BBC Commander Ismael Khan said that the `Russians are now usingmore air bombardments, long-- range,artillary and 40)barreled RM 21s (Stalin organ) In orderto discourage Mujahideen operations. and drive civilians out.

He said,that two months back the Russians launched their offensive No,8, which resulted in the death of150 civilians in the city of Herat. He said that Mujahideen have extended theiroperations in the city and have been able to limit the enemy's control toan area of less tha 15km.

He said that the municiplity building has beencaptured by Mujah- ideen too and that the government battali h -61was also captured with about 500 weapons.

Commander Ismaeil said that the 12000 soldiers of theHerat divi- 'si án, have been reduced to 1400. He said thatthere are 35 Russian advisors in the mentioned division who will not take the riskof ... AFGHAN NEWS No. '`1 1 -2 -1983 P -4 } i ---Iwo

of staying with 1,100 Afghan soldiers at night. Hesaid that the Russians live.s eparately and donot allow any Afghan soldiers to roam around their division.

The Russians stay in the southern part of HeratAirport in a flat and deserted plain called Dashti MirDaood.

Ismael Khan did -not know the number of theRussian troops staing _in Herat but he said that the Russiansare staying in three bases located in three different and strategicallyvery important areas. While talking about the food situationsand the people's economic conditions he pointed out that the Russianshave to a large extent destroyed the economic structure of thepeople.

The enemy think that poverty wi1"ring people into the govern - ment's hand,it is why the Russianshave completely burned the crops and looted people's properties.

Replying to a question regardingarms and ammunition he said that Mujahid weapons are mostly capturedand they are in need of more adva- nced, sophisticated and effectiveweapons.

He said that Iran is not providingarms and ammunition to his Mujahideen. In replying. to another questionwhether Mujahideen want to receive. arms. frorn Iran or nothe answered "yes why not ". He added that we.want arms notjust from Iran but from all Islamic countries.

When asked whether Mujahideenhave received any financial aid from Iran? he answered, "notso far "..

S iiIRAGHA C.HU'NGUR. MII:,ITIA COMMANDER is killec7.

Shiragha Chungor a strong governmentmilitia Commander was assassinated by Mujahideen of HeratOn Jan. 22nd. Shiragha Chungor was actively fighting againstenemy forces in the begining of Jehad. He was in control of Eestern part of` the city ofHerat and for about a year or more he organized Mujahidgroups. in that area. He was a comma- nct-cfr-?.cf:.-HarakEdInqulabiIslami of Mawlavi Mohammadi unti he joined the Soviet- Karmal troops.

For more than three years ShiraghaChungur was a dark part of Communist militia groups. Hewas supported. by Soviet tanks and helped by government soldiers while attackingMujahideen bases and destroying civilian houses. Shiragha's deathis a great loss for the Russians and a great gain for Mujahideen", Ismael Khan saidwith Shiragha's death, the Russians and their puppetswill no longer have a base ,for "infiltration or a source for attackingMujahideen. AFGHAN NEWS No. i 1-2-1985

A Jamiat representative in Mashhad telephoned the following message to us in Peshawar: While Shiragha, with a Russian advisor was visiting some of his wounded militiagroups in the hospital in .erat city, he was assassinated by a Mujahid named/ Abdullah o 31amiwtí -ti,

The. assassination was planned so efficiently that both Shiragha and his Russian advisor were shot dead in a surprise attack. Abdulah escaped unharmed.

According to a report telephoned from Tehran soon after Shiragha Chungur's death On 2nd Jan, 75 villages previously controlled byehim were liberated by Mujahideen of Herat. It is reliably reported 'that Mujahideen entered the villages and were warmly received by the-civil- fans. The report says that Mujahideen captured about 550 different kinds o- of weapons and much ammunii; ion from these villages. It is said that 300 armed militias joined Mujahideen and 50 others were captured alive. A report from Mashhad says that immediately after Shiragha's death the Russians deserted many of the outposts in fear of being disarmed or captured by Mujahideen.

According to the same reports 24 MIGs, along with four helicopters air raided the villages of the western part of the city of Herat such as Housi- Karbaz, Braman, Shalbafan,Paymunar, Babajy, Hawada, Abdul Walid and Diwandcha. No casualties have been reported. The above mentioned villages are mostly the bases and hideouts of Mujahideen of Herat. However, theyare often bombarded by the enemy but still the majority civilians have not been evacuated .

MASSACRE IN CHARDARA

In, retaliation to the death of a Russian officer killed bya mine planted in his way by Mujahideen , the Russians attacked Chardara Dist - rict of Kunduz province. According toa report on 23 Dec. 84, at 2 p.m the Russians captured the villages of Giraw QQushlaq, Wardak and Khogi- ani to search for Mujahideen.

As they were not able to find any the Russian started killing defe- nseless civilians including the children ,old_men and women of these villages. The report says that more than 400 people were killed and many others wounded. According to an eyewitness., most of the houses of Chardara District were destroyed and the property of the people was either burnt or looted,Ayt present no one lives in the area because of this barbaric and inhuman behaviour of the Russians has forced them to leave their villages for the neighbouring areas. AFGHAN NEWS No. 1 1-2-1985 Pa..6 A

REPORT FROM PANJSHIR VALLEY

Enemy forces oomposed of 200 tanksand trucks, which wanted to reinforce the Soviet-DRA base in Pushghour,failed to cross the Shaba bridge and retreated to Rukha. Onthe way back it was ambushed in lNal- aspa (a village in Bazarak)as a result of which ten tanks were destroyed and 50 soldierswere killed One P.K. heavy machingun, two AK+74 guns and some ammunition and food were captured.

25-1 -8 A DRA officer with 14 soldiers killedthree Parchami officers in one of outposts of Pushghour and joined Mujahideen.They brought with them theirweapons. LOGER PROVINCE

According to a report from Logara series of minor operations had been launched by Mi jahideenof the area on the ere of the anniversary of the Soviet invasion inAfghanistan.

Logar is a province neighbouring Kabuland most of the rural gue- rrillasof the southern part ofKabul are based in:the -upper partof this province. About 18 provincesof Afghanistan take their supplies through Logar. Stratigicallyspeaking Logar can put great pressure on the Kabul- Kandahar road, whichis one of the amain enemy supply routes.

This is why Logar has been , and is very important both for the enemy and Mujahideen.

1)- According to thereport two armoured_ Soviet tanks were destroyed by Anti - tank mines which hadbeen planted on the main road of Puli Alarm In retaliation, theenemy forces attacked the villages in and around Puli Alam which resulted in the total destruction of the vil- lagers like Patkhuah. and KatabKhil. The report says thatsome of civilians including children, oa1d men andiwomenwere killed.

2)A, Russian convoy on its return to Kabulwas ambushed by the Mujahideen at Pull Alam in which fourtanks and APCs were destroyed and a heavy machin gun (DSCHK)was captured, No casualtys have been reported.

3)- On 22.Dec.84, Karmal-Russian forces entered Kolangararea of Logar to make a house to housesearch in order to capture Mujahideen or to find out their contact houses.Reports says that Mujahideen of the area started their counter-attackwhich lasted for three hours and resulted in the injury or death ofabout 10 Soviet- Karpial soldiers. Six Mujahids were reportedlymartyred and three seriously injured. .AFGHAN NEWS No. 1 1-2-1985 P-7 r

The house to house search has been one of the main tactics of the Soviet and Karmal soldiers since the communist take over in 1978.,The most brutal part of this tactic is that when they come to search Mujahideen they kill old men and women including their children because: (a)they can not escape while the enemy is searching the area. (b)they either do not show them to the enemy or do not know their hideouts. The Karmal- Russian forces, while using this tactic are not

just killing innocent civilians but also looting their properties , burning their remaining possessions and sometimes planting anti-personnel mines, toy mines and laying booby traps in order .to inflict more losses when the civilians return home.

WARDAK PROVINCE Wardak is a province situatedfin the central part of Afghanistan.

neighbouring Logar, Maidaft, Ghazni and Bamian . Most of its civilians are still living in the province not in Pakistan or Iran. This is

important because s (a) Kabul -Kandahar government supply route is crossing it. (b) it is a province through which Mujahideen of the central and northern parts of Afghanistan are taking their supplies. According to a report from Wardak when government military officers and civil servants were celebrating their fifth anniversary of

the Soviet..invasion at Saidabad district in the eve of 27th.De.c , Mujahideen attacked and inflicted heavy losses on them. The report says that as a result of this operation more than 6 government servants including one or two Officers were killed and 2 from Mujahid side were reportedly martyred. According to the same report, written On Jan,11.84, Soviet-Kar- mal forces air raided a -village of the same area namely Hassan Bik village On Jan.10.84 for the 17th time since March 1984. The reports add that the air raid: which lasted for more than two hours On Wednesday resulted in the total destruction of a mosque in which -. fourty children were studying no one survived. These innocent children were aged from five to eleven. This catastrophe also resulted in the death of twenty young-and old men and women of the area and the destruction of about 15 houses. It is not the first time that the Russians have committed 'such forms of brutality and barbarism, since 1980, they have regularly and delibrately strafed 'thousands of houses and killed thousands of the innocent civilians in indiscriminate attacks. The scorched -earth is often used to forcefully subjugate or drive civilians out of Afg- hanistan. AFGHAN NEWS No. 1 1 -2 -1985` P -8

PANJSHIR VALLEY 20 -1 -85 The enemy has launched an attack againstJabulsaraj and Kohistan in the plain of Chemali. A similar attackhas been launched against the district of Eshkamish of Takharprovince. No details are yet available from these two attacks.

21-_1-85 A reconnaisance plane of theenemy crashed near Gulbahar Textile factory just in the mouth of the Panjshirvalley. 25-1-85 An enemy Helicopter hit by Mujahideenof Manjawour (Bazarak)crashed near the enemy base in Pushghour.

25 -1 -85 4 AFVs were destroyed byMujahideen in Maláspa near Bazarak and two tanks in Tawakh (15km) ip.side thevalley. De- fections of DRA soldiers and officers is continuing. Theybring their weapons with them.

In the same date, in an attemptto replace the units of Pushghor base, Soviets landed 350 soldiersby 35 Helicopters near Shaba bridge to provide a safe passage fora new unit to Pushghour .But so far 50 Soviet soldiers have beenkilled -and two tanks destroyed but the enemy has not been able to pass the bridge.

These bridges had become vulnerableto Mujahideen attacks and consequently have been strenghtenedby the Soviets.

Sending more troops to .the Panjshir isnot part of a new major offensive at the moment.

The enemy has withdrawn from Shamalibut has launched an offen- 6i'va against Mujahideen'of Nejrab.

No detail of fighting in Chemali andNejrab has yet been given. 25 1-85

New Soviet -DRA troopswere sent to the Panjshir recently to consol- idate the existing bases there. AFGHAN NEWS No, 2 15-24-1985 p..

MAZAR PROVINCE Shortly after the martyrdom of CommanderZabihullah of Jamiat, Mujahideen of Mazar launched a series of operationsin and around the city of Balkh.Zabihullah was martyred

On 14 Dec. with eight. of his Mujahideen at Shoulgar while returningfrom an anti -Soviet operation. The latest report reports, confirmthat Zabihulla's Jeep ran over an anti -tank mine which had planted byRussian "stooges. The report assures us after the death of theirCommander, the. Mnja- hideen from Jamiat have intensified their actionsagainst theenemy and have inflicted heavylosses on Soviet- Karmal forces. 4. Jan -4- 1985' The building in which Communist party memberswere living was destroyed by a mine planted by urban Mujahideenof Mazar, There weremany casualties and 50 partymembers were. killed. Jan -5 -82

Karmal- Russian forces landeda large numberof troops by many helio- opters._in the areas of Kaladiwalak, Kalaqudogh,Kalagurimurad,Kalakou and J,anawar Khana of Marmoul. According to the report the enemyforces wanted to destroy Mujahideen basesat Marmool and its surrounding

Clashes throughout thearea between Mujahideenand enemy forces continued for five. days.Eventually the Mujahideenwere able to inflict heavy losses on theenemy and force them to withdraw. The report says thatin retaliation the Russianskilled many civilians including six shepherdsat Karghazi located between thecity of Mazar and Marmool

Another unconfirmed report fromthe city hospitalsays that 'lorries carried wounded Russian-Karmal soldiers to the hospital. Jan -15 -85

Urban Mujahideen fromMazar assassinated SarmoalimRaouf a well -known and effective servant ofthe. Russians. He was the headof the council of the Father LandFront. The report says thatthe Russians consider his deatha great loss to the Communists andthe Russians.Hewas killed in his house near Guz- ari Sia in the city of Mazar. He was a badman who was in direct contact with the Russians.

Jan -16 -85 Two strategic government outposts at Guzari Marmool andGuzari Quba- dian have been captured by urbanMujahideexx of Mazar. These two outposts which were locatedin the city of Mazar contained30-35 soldiers. AFGHAN NEWS No ,.2 5-2="i985 . P -1.0

ANDKHOY . DISTRICT

(.these reports reached us after two months)

Russian -Karmal forces . launched ;a large offensive in the Andkhoy area of Faryab province which resulted in thé destruction of at least ten

villages and a large number. of civilians -being killed. The offensive which is considered to be the largest one since the Russian invas:ibn, lasted for two days during which the ground., forces, were supp orted by ..Helicopter gunships. -.According to the report the enemy soldiers entered Andkhoy District On Dec.6.84 and surrounded the area with hundreds of troops and dozens of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles. Mujahideen from the area ,used hit and run tactics to-inflict losses o'n the enemy. The report says that Mujahideen were abletto` destroy three tanks and kill 40 enemy soldiers. including. Russians. ,Six Mujahids were also martyred.

KUNDUZ PROVINCE

A large convoy of Russians;, cm. its way to supply Ishkamish district, was ambushed by Mujahideen from Kunduz at' Arab Qudugh village. The ambush resulted in the destr xctjo i of two 'tanks' and the death of about 16 enemy- soldiers. PANJSHIR VALLEY Feb-2-85-.; According. to a report'Mujahideen of Abdara and Feraj attacked an enemy base at Anawaw, which resulted in:, the death 'or injury `of about 19 enemy . aoldiers. . , Feb-3-85 During an operation by Mujahideen from Abdara against an enemy base at DTa 1 k (the lower part of Ru1tha). Two tanks and 13 vehicles were destroyed . Another tank was destroyed by anti -tank mine at'Rukha:.

KABiTL .¡KARIZ mTR1 Feb -4 -85 The enemy attacked Mujahid bases at Kariz Mir (15 km North of Kabul -city,. Afterseven hours of fighting Mujahideen were able to destroy' two tanks and kill many DRA soldiers.According to the report the enemy could not collect the dead bodies of its soldiers including a, high-ra-

nking ;government political officer. The report says that four AK -47s, . a. communication systemand many different kinds of ammunition were cs,p-

tá.r ed . , . FARYAB PROVINCE According to a reliable report a well -known and committed Commander of Jamiat in Faryab city has been martyred by the enemy. He was 31 and was loved and respected by his fighters and the common people. He had cap - tured or destroyed. more. than 38 government posts and outposts. His groups were operating in the city of Faryab. AFGHAN . NEWS No. 3 27-2-1985 P-11

FARAAi PROVINCE

200 children taken by force Jan.-2-85 All a sudden, the Russian entered our villages of Chah Zendan and Gurgak in Farah province. It was a catastrophe, an extent unprecedented in Farah province. The Russians shooting aimlessly every - where, terrifying every body, about 200 children aged between 6 -11 were taken by farce from their terrified mothers. No one knew why or where they have been taken. Mothers old and young were weeping, running after trucks and APCs leaded.w ¡th their innóçent children.

This "shocki g " report has been brought by an witness from Farah ¡ore - vince. According to the report the Russians entered the viliage8 of Chah Zendan, Samak, Kwanzak and Gurgak in the district of Anar- dara_of _Farah. While their defenceless mothers oried4.bóut200 c1j ldrçn were_,taken by force by the Russians. The report adds that they might have been taken to either-Herat or Kabul.

Jan-9-85 Russian -Karmal forces launched a large offensive to destroy Mujah- ideen bases in Anardara andQalal.Gah districts. During a counter- offensive operation Mujahideen of the area inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. The report says that at least 19 "different vehicles including tanks and APCs were destroyed, 40 enemy soldiers were killed and some weapons captured by Mujahideen. The report adds that six Mujahids were martyred and eight severely. injured. ' DADAkHSHAN PROVINCE Dec.24.84 According to a letter of Commander Sayed Najmuddin of Jamiat, Russ-

. ian-Karrital forces have launched a severe attack on the central base of Mujahideen located in Verdoj valley. The battle between Mujahideen from Jamiat and Russian forces lasted for more than 11 hours which resulted in the death and injury of many Russians and Karmal soldiers. The report ads that a group commander called Abdul Ghafoor was martyred, six other Mujahideen were Injured. Seventeen civilians were killed by the bombardment. The eyewitness who brought the letter , said this offensive was the largest one since 1984. Dec.24.84 The same letter reorts that 1Zussian forces attacked villages of Te- ergaran, Soofian, Sarask, through Zibak sub -district which is on the border of Soviet -Russia and Afghanistan. The fighting between Mujahideen and Russian forces lasted for three days resulting in the destruction of six vehicles including tanks' and the shooting of a helicopter. Different kinds of arms and ... AFGHAN NEWS No. 27-2-1985 . P-12. yredlessforcesand and ammunitionvillages withdrew12 injured,'_ continued werefrom reportedlytheThe for reportarea, another thecapturéd.adds aerial week.that Sixwhenbombardment Mujahids the Russian ground onwere defence- mart- Accordingof Jamiat to have a report launched which a seriesreached of here attatks after in 40the city of Baghlan, BAGH ,AN PROVINÇE days, Mujahideen SovietveryPulistrategic strong and DRAimportancebase posts at Dashti at and Puzai Kailagáigeographic Eishan, and location,Pull many Khumriothere:mdaflierocumbin.ed the KhumriRussians and have Baghlan Súné.ati (industrial area). Because of its a -,Dec.11,84Duringat Baghlan an operation Sonaati between(industrial Mujahjdeen area) about and Soviet-Karma' forces 12 enemy soldiers were etc. DecresultedMujahideenkilled. -12 :84 in ambushedthe destruction a convey of of eight Russians different at Pull Khumri which Decl7-84Inincluding an operation tanks. between Mujahideen and the Soviet kinds of vehicles -Karmal forces A isroywhichMujahid saidsomé lasted thatandtrucks manythefor and Baghiammorecivilians APCs than andGovernor's five werekill hours, martyredor brother,wound Mujahideen some eneiTy soldiers. It Allam , were able to dest- was also injured. diers.KhurxiMujahideen which ambushed resulted a ingroup the ofdeath of two and enemy soldiers{ at the city of Pull the capture of 13 sol- Jan10 -85 ` DRAMujahideenSi-2-85 soldiers launchedalong with an theiroperation weapons at Baghlcgn Sugar Factory. Thirteen PANJSHIR VALLEY were captured. ThetankRPGTwo defection firingtanksand one andand oftruck two theIDA trucks wereexplosionsoldiers destroyed andof antiofficers in Tawakh (15km inside were destroyed in Rukha as the result of. -tank mines. On the sarcle day one is continuing. the valley). DivisionMujahideenDec -22 -84 No: of 17. Herat Five under DRA soldiersCommander Ismaeil attacked the HERAT PROVINCE; were killed and 8 AK -47s captured. .} government Dec*22-84AFGHAN _NEWS ------No. 3--- -_a._- 27 -2 -1985 MujahideenHeratDec -23 highway)which-84 ambushed an resulted enemy convoy in the -at destruction Baghi Dasht of (Tourghundi- two tanks. P- 13 .,injury of-alldeputyMujahideencity) enemy ofusing the destroyedsoldiers explosives:party provincial guardinga government The theoperation committee. outposts outpost, resulted including at Baghi in the -death or:. t- TheDec-.25-84was Director assassinated of the by gëverriment Mu jahideen information in daylights and oultttre_department e. ADer.26-84 security outpostRP. - of the government intelligence network (Khad) $says vasthat attacked four Khad and members destroyed weige by Prujahideen at Ghordarwaz;.. The report , three captured alive wild Dec-Int© .27retaliation AK-47s -84 siezed, to Shir Agha -Chungur.'s. death, (a government miltia NoDiwarcha,likecnmmander) casualties Hauzi -, SoofianKarbas, have ,13..raman$ yet been reported.Babaji, Abul Walid, Baghcha, I4 the Soviet- Karzal forces attacked and bombarded areas Shalbafan, Hawada etc. Three times ostufi` , AFGHAN-NEWS. No.4 , 5-3m 1,985 P..14 -;...e -..,:- .antr .,.

KAPISA PROVINCE Feb -6- ..1985

A large convoy of enemy forces- entered Kapisa-- prov.nce-'--via - Khu ja Beland and stationed themselves in the center. That nightthey heavily mortared and shelled the. .surroundUg areas. Feb-7-85

At about. 7:00 am another largeenemy convoy comprisin ¿-o 4fferept kinds of vehicles including armoured tanks, attackedKapisa province via Sayyad village. The ground forceswere supported by heavy air raids. According to tha:-report, Müjahideen of the areaunder Commander Sham. heen of Jamiat launched their counter- operation which lasted for 14 hours and resulted in the destruction ofsome enemy tanks..._ :._., The report says that theenemy . forces eventually. *withdrew . fr.om..the. .ftghtirig ground to a, place,where Mujahideen had already. planted.-anti - tank and antic personnel mines. _The.repor-t adds that _t is. was on .relatively higher ground from which theenemy forces used. to station and launch their operations. The report says that due toAine explosions about 60 different kinds of military equipment includng tanks -and APCs were destroyed and about 200enemy soldiers were killed. It was also reported that a helicopter was shot down.

Feb- 9 -85._ In retaliation for their defeat, theenemy forces latrshed troops from two areas of Kapisa province ina larger attack. The whole area from Abdullah Burj to Qalai- -Safid was under heavy fixo from thegro- und and air forces of the. enemy. Mujahideen under Comr °.antler Shaheen of Jamiat fought back for more than 7 hours and inflst ted heavy losses on the. enemy. The report says th °at in this operation ;_bout fifthy different kinds of vehicles were destroyed. Mujahideen casualties have nit--.been reported yet. TAKHAR PROVINUE Feb -12 -85 Mujahideen of the city of Takhar province attackedan important strategic government post at street No. 6. After three hours of the fig. hting Mujahideen were able to capture alive 20 enemy soldiers, seize about 30 AK -47s with ammunition and killed a government military officer named Abdul Afzal.

Feb -17 -85 Ground forces of the enemy supported by air bombardments,attacked the areas of Hazar Bagh of Khuja Ghoor district. The report says that more than 100 tanks and APCs participated in the operation which inflicted heavy losses on the civilians. AFGHAN NEWS rNq, 5 -3 -1985 P -15 i

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According to the report Mujahideen fought for two days and were able to destroy five different kinds of vehicles.

A group Commander and two Mujahids were reportedly martyred . The casualty figures for Mujahideen and civilians have not been reported. BADAKHSHAN PROVINCE Jan.13.85 According t.d''a report from Keshm of Bádakhshar. therenehlx forces attacked

the areas like Mircan, Yawarzan, Safidab, Sabzdarä.,_ , S a zga4, Mi.aris- har, Charmaghzdara and DarairvJim as a result of which one hundred poor houses were destroyed, 17 civilians martyred, 5- injured ari0 dozens of -livestocks decimated. The report- adds that -a. IAedi -cal Clinic. of Keshm district is actively helping' woundedciviläiïst According to the report, new schools which have recently been est- ab lshed by. Mujahideen. are- sufferinga.fferi}n'g from a shortage. of 'educational facilities such as books," .pencils and notebooks. MAZAR PROVINCE Feb-20-85 !4ujahideeri_of Balkh city under Commander Sediq attacked a Khad office (Khad Intelligence N6twork) which resulted in the death of many Khad members. It is reported that Commander Sediq and one of his fighters were unfortunately martyred.

KUNAR PROVINCE Feb-15-85 During an operation Mujahideen of Paroon valley attacked a government outpost and inflicted some minor losses oh the enemy. Casual- ties on either side have not yet been reported. Feb-21-85 Mujahideen of Shingulak valley ambusheda Soviet convoy,;. in which six vehicles were destroyed, 4 AK -47s captured and several enemy soldiers killed, BARIKOT» Feb -23 -86 A series of enemy air raids on L?ocldan village of Barikot have been reported. Anuric:onfirmed rec.p,orrtt_slry-s1 avta....cs4trct:yimatt by Mujahideen. AFGHAN. NEWS No.5 17-3'-.19&5 ow... `is Nor . Awe.... - PANJSHIR VALLEY

A political deputy of theenemy forces along with 12 soldiers defected to Mujahideen of Dara. Theybrought a communication., set with them.

AO am AA mak 4ca cw ow Am .. The report said that from March. 10till. now (March /14, heavy fighting.isGrvingnTh . betweenmajahldeen rtf atrium" Watda and the, Russians. .Sf* far.0118Mujahld has been martyred.

,a,"Wmalt Throe t*nkA and iiV6-Ntehi,cles-wdik& bui4nt byMujahideen of 'Tawakla (a villaga,betweenRukh and Bazarak).

. 84-31-43, Several enemy soldierwere killed during an operation. at T'awakh. The dead bodies of theenemy soldiers Were flown Out of the area by two helivopters.

Two tanks and a. vehiclewere destroyed by anti-tank mines at Rukha. 63-65 A tank was blown up at Khanalz (avillage ItiEmas: Rukha) by an anti- tank mine planted by Mujahideen.

An enemy tank at Dashtak andanother at Shaikhan of Rukha were destroyed by Mujahideen,

- KABUL PROVINCE,

In retaliation to the execution by thegovernment of Kabul Wahid and his friend, Mujahideen used explosives to inflict heavy losses on the ' enemy at Mashin Khana near Pamir cinema in Kabul city. MAZAR PROVINCE

Reports show that after Commander Zabihulla'smartyrdom, Mujahideen of Jamiat of Mazov have been able to Tut an effective resistance against Karmal-Russian forces. It is reportedthat despite brutal intensification of war by the Russians, muslinfreedom fIghters have inflicted heavy losses on them. Morale ishigh among the people and Mujahideen. 18-2-85 Sixty one soldiers were killedor wounded by Mujahideen of Mazar. Sixty AK-47s, one mortar alid PKwere seized by Mujahideen AFGHAN NEWS No. 5 17 -2 -198 P -47

8 -2 -85 While returning from a 37 clays operation at Zari, the enemy forces were ambushed by Mujahideen from that area. The ambush resulted in the death bf 40 soldiers and the destructio}j of 3 vehicles and five tanks. One Mujahid was killed and two wounded. The report says thät during operations lasting 37 days, Sufi Moha- mmad Amin, Commander Of the western part of Mazar city, and five Mujahideen were martyred.

18 -2 -85: A high- ranking government military officer was executed by Mujahi- deen. e

13 -2 -85. The report says that the..area.of Shoulgar has been bombarded by the enemy resulting in the death of Many innocent civilians mostly children, old men and women. It is reported that theenemy killed about 30 of their own soldiers by mistake during this bombardment. The report says that Mujahideen shot down three helicopters.

20 -2 -85 During an operation in two cities of Mazar, Commander Sediq an effective. urban Commander was martyred. 'During this operation the deputy head and director of investigation of the Khad (government intelligence network) were killed and four other wounded.

2 -2 -85 Mujahideen of the city of Mazar attacked Chatary governmentpost at 4 p.m, 8 AK -47s were seized and 6 soldierswere captured.

2 -2 -85 A Gaz -6.6 (Russian military truck) loaded withenemy soldiers was ambushed and destroyed by Mujahideen of Mazar city. All soldiers were reportedly killed.

.16 -1 -85 Russian -Karmal forces launched a severe attack on Zariarea of Sho- uiger district. Zari is one of the Mujahideen .:=strongholds of Mazar (the strongest). The offensive lasted for 37days which resulted in the death of about 200 enemy soldiers, 3 personnel carrier and seven tanks were destroyed.

23. -1 -85 During an operation at Seh -jai Mujahideen were able to destroy six different kinds of vehicles including 2 tanks.

26 -1,85 A Mujahid group under Ghulam Sakhi was able to capture 8 members of the Fatherland Front and seized at least 9 Karabeen and AK -47s. AFGHAN,;: NEWS:, P1-8

According to a report five Khad members were killed by Mujahideen

in the city of Mazar. . JOUZJAN PROVINCE A series of operations have reportedly taken place in the province of Jouzjan by Mujahideen of Jamiat against enemy forces.

1-1--85 . Mujahideen have attacked a Soviet outpost at Pashm Shoi village which resulted in the death of several soldiers and the capture °of 17 militias.

5-1-85.. Mujahideen of Agcha ambushed a government convoy at Taimurak

of'vehicles were destroyed. , ANDARAB DISTRICT z-3-85 Twenty five militias along with their 23 pieces of weapons joined

Mujahideen of Jamiat at Bajgah of Andarab (Baghlan province). ~

HERAT PROVINCE According to a report Shourkhana government post has been captured by Mujahideen of Herat city. The same report adds that the enemy forces bombarded the areaas of Shourkhana vi11age (one Km off the city)in a retaliatory operation as a result of which at least 45 civilians were martyred. AFGHAN NEWS No. 6 31-3-1985 P -19

THE BIGGEST EXPLOSION NEAR SALANG WUNNEL March-23-1985 A large Soviet convoy including 82 trucks loaded with aeroplano bombs was destroyed at Olang village (two -three km South of Salang tunnel). Mujahideen had planteda time bomb in one of the trucks which was carrying explosives. This explosion was planned in a large parking place where Soviet convoy used to park at night or launch their offensive from. Large Soviet supply convoys do not usually move after three p.m becquse of fear of Mujahideen ambushes.

-The report says that in the first step 82 trucks along with some oil -tankers were destroyed.

The report,-mentions _ :that. the3emplastan: resulted., in;.thw_des,truation.. of about 280 vehicles including tanks and APCs It also caused the death of about 120 DRA, 280 Soviet soldiers, 9 Soviet families and 8 high - ranking officers who were preparing for the Salang offensive. Four local Salang houses were destroyed and the highway was closed. The report considers the explosion unprecedented. PANJSHIR VALLEY March -23 -85 ,. According to a report Soviet forces have used new kinds of mines in their recent attacks on Chemal Warda of Rukha. No details have yet been given.

March -8 -85 In an operation by Mujahideen of Panjshir at Rukha, a Russian high- ranking military officer, who has been involved in all 1984 Panjshir operations was killed along with a number of enemy soldiers. In this operation four armoured tanks were also reportedly destroyed. The

dead body of the officer was flown back to Khuja Rawash (Kabul Air- port) and then to Soviet Russia.' March-15-85 In retaliation to the above mentioned operation, the Russians attacked Chemal Warc.a.'The fighting which lasted for five days resulted in the death of about. 60 enemy soldiers. A further number were injured. The report says that one Mujahid was martyred and some others wounded. TAKHAR PROVINCE FebM 14-March -6 -85 A series of operations have taken place in different areas of Takhar province. In one of these which was launched in Talegan city by Muja- hideen of Jamiat and which lasted for ten hours, at least 2 tanks and sorne.other fighting trucks were destroyed. Six enemy soldiers were .killed and four wounded. AFGHAN NEWS No. 6 31-3--1985 P-20 menbombaddedNext and day women. (6thpoor March)housesamd in akilled retaliatory many civilians operation, mostly enemy children forces , old A ageFeb-20-85Russian on the convoy Balkh was highway. ambushed The by ambush Mujahideen resulted of Mazar at Choaba MAZAR PROVINCE in the destruction of vill- vehiclesBalkhAnotherMarch -4 which -85 Russianand resultedthe convoycapture in was theof ambushedconstructiondeath of on15 the"equipment.enemy road soldiers between and Jouzjan the dQst. and ructionIy:arch-15.-85 of about 2 tanks and two trucks. JOUZJAN PROVINCE AccordingInsub order -distruct toto capturethe and report launchedMujahideen, Mujahideen a house the of .enemyto the house 'area forces search jointly surrounded operation. attacked Khamab the } Threeamountenemy Mujahideen soldiersandof armsinfliçted andwere waireymartyredand-atzleatirtwounded. ammunition killed,heavy casualties two captured. tanks ondestroyed them. It is ,. and a considerable repoxted-`that 12 n Faryabrecieveistan isbordering newssituated from Soviet inthere. the Russia. extremeMujahideen ItNorth takes backed -west at andleastpart staunchly of 35 Afghani days .sup»to - FARYAB PROVINCE Mujahideenoundoftheported theprovince. but cityby stillhavethe which The civilians,theybeen enemyis areablenot forces threatened moreareto neutralize controllingthanare just 5by Km. Soviet limitedthe most enemy air ofto raids..theon theareas The gr of the center OneFeb- of .._the government posts which has beenfined21government -85the to strongesttheir troops posts base supported or of outposts. by Soviet forces are mostly confer, andMujahideenideenthe light enemy of weapons Jamiatwereforces able underandin tothekill Commandercapture District more thanat Ebadullah.In ofleast 4OAndkhoy, enemy 80 different soldiers wasan hourattacked piecesincludinglong byoperation of.heavyMujah- some Nexthigh-capture morning,ranking other Communistthe covering report officers. outposts.says, the-civilians helped Mujahideen to PANJSHIR VALLEY WhileMarchofshir aplanting-15 whomine -85 had which mines,been he on wasEngineering duty planting. at Salang- Unit ?wasCommander martyred of Abdaradue to ofthe explosionPanj- AFGHAN NEWS No 6 31-3.-1985 P-21

March -15-85 While planting mine, Khan Mohammad, Commander of mobile group .ohe of Shaba of the Panjshir was'martyred. During his five years of effective service -in the mobile: group, he had been promoted to a mobile group commander.

Another Engineering unit. group Commander of Shaba Mujahideen base Haneef, was also martyred in the same incident.

March -19 -85 Mohammad, famous in Dullai,,Engineering Unit group commander of Chemal Warda Mujahideen base along with a Mujahid named,Azizur- ahman were martyred while clearing Radio Controlled Device (RCD, mines. The Russians had planted RCD mines in t1eir recent attacks in Chemal Warda. This is the first time that the Russians have used such a mines*

March -19 -85 Zabit Nasser another Engineering unit Commander of Manjawoor base of Panjshir was martyred by an anti -personnel mine planted by the enemy, AFGHAN NEWS No 14-4.7.1985

THE END OP A TRAITOR On 27th of March Juma Khan, the militia Commander for therpUppet regime in Andarab was killed. Juma was from Andarab. ,. His brother

Arbab Bahadur , started to lead a group of Mujahideen against the Khalqi regime in 1979. Arbab Bahadur was'a brave man and was martyred in the same year.

Due to the. respect Afghans have for families they chose Juma Khan - in his brother's place. He proved to be. a bad man. Khad began ti influence him and he started to cooperate'by delivering back a' -Sov iet prisoner which the ru:jahideen, had, captured. He also gave back two-Thad agents who had escaped from prison in the. Panjshir. R

While Mujahideen. from the Panjshir were forced to get rid of him, he went, to North Salang and began to assist the Soviets. When the Soviets launched their seventh offensive against the Panj- shir, Juma led the invading forces and encouraged people and some Mujahideen to surrender. He-then formed militia posts all over And - arab. After a few months the people realised that he was an agent of the Soviets and turned against him. Resistance took root and his militias started to join Mujahideen. Finally he was killed On March 27th in Naw -Babar village of Andarab, by a man whom he had appointed as the commander of Puli Hessar re- gion of Andarab a few months ago. After Juma's death, a big Soviet force went. to Andarab to protect militia posts from Mujahideen attack and stop a possible mass-defection. This event is a great victory for Mujahideen and the people of Andarab because Juma's past terrorist actions had left fear in the mind of ordinary people and some mothers quietened their children by using his name. After Shiragha's death, Juma's death was a big loss for the invaders. Notes Andarab is a valley parallel to the Panjshir but in the North of the Hindukush. It connects the. Panjshir to the North of the country. It is a district of Baghian pr.omince. After a set back in the. spring1984, the resistance is gaining ground again and there is popular support for it. Soviets have a presence in the main valley in two places but the Mujah- ideen have control of the side valleys. REPORT FROM ANDARAB 1 -4 -1985 Commander Tawoos and six other Mujahideen were killed by a planted

Khad agent. This agent , who was a militia of the puppet regime,..,. 1"4- 471985 ' AFGHAN NEWS P-23 .,

joined Mujahideen a few days before the incident. he was hired by the Khad to do this.

g ,5-3 -85 Mujahideen of Jamiat in Andarab raided a militia post in the Shah - shorn sub -valley As a result .4 militias were killed and 17.others were captured. Mujahideen captured one Dschk, one RPG -7, one light; machin gun, 9 rifles and 6 Kalashinkoves with some Astmuniticatis. Mujahideen did not suffer any casualties.

NEW TYPE OF AIR -TO-AIR MISSILE

In the big explosion near Salang tunnel (Afghan News No.6) some1 trucks which were carrying a new type of Air -to -Air missile to Kabul, were destroyed. The Soviets; are busy collecting even the smallest pieces of the exploded missiles from the area. Informed sources say that this type of missile has not been seen in Afghanistan before. No more details are given. SALANG

The Soviets launched. an.offensive againstMujahideen in Salang On 3rd of April. It was a retaliatory action against Mujahideen who exploded the Soviet convoy in Olang (Afghan N1ws No.6). The Soviets withdrew On April 7th after. losing 50 men. Aerial bombardments, artillary and rocket firing was very` heavy. Mujahideen have captured an AGS -17, one. AK -74 with a grenade lau richer, one PK heavy machine gun, 7 AK -74s and one wireless set. The report does not say any thing about casualties of Mujahideen and civilians. BAGHLAN PROVINCE 21 -3 -85 Mujahideen of Jamiat in Nahrin launched an attack on Nahrin garr-

ison, as a result of which "6 DRA . soldier were 11121ed and 15 others injured , Mujahideen sources add that they were able to set on fire an enemy ammunition Depot. Four Mujahids were injured during the action. KABUL PROVINCE 29-3-85 Mujahideen of Jamiat Islami -exploded.a bomb in Char -Rahi Torabaz Khan of Kabul as a result of -which 6 Soviets men and 11 Soviet wmmen were killed.

NEW TYPE OF MINE " On the 23rd of March Soviets attacked a side, valley of Rukha. When they withdrew, they planted a new type of'mine. One of these mines was defused. The other killed two Mujahids. ThisAFGHAN1- minea NEWScylinderical is composed shape of three with parts:a.layer which seems to be the device No. 7 14 -4 -198 3-the2-itself. SixAdevice. box charges full ofplaced cells in which circular is located form around 3 to 4the meters device. away Each from M Mujahideenundcharge weighs on the about. spot 5think Kgs. thatAll theit isparts a radio aree hiddenööntrolled under mine.. the gro- ButnotAs farbeermit isas usedpossiblewe know, before thatthis by typeitthe is Sovietof detonated powerful invaders. byand vibration insophisticated Afghanistan. or sound. mine,has A 29Soviet -3 -85 helicopter with 8 Soviet occupants was shot down by Dschk. PANJSHIR VALLEY of3 -4 Mujahideen-85 in Tawakh (15km inside the Panjshir valley). JE.GD.LLIK FRONT Mujahideen set an ambush against . the enemy convoy which was' going . Fighting started at land8:00from a.mmines,Jalal and Abad onecontinued tankto Kabul was until destroyedin Tangi2 :00 Abrishumip.mby RPG -7 fire and another by , six APCs were destroyed by 82mmOne Mujahid RR. No wasfigure injured for enemyduring casualties the action. has been given so far. HERAT PROVINCE OneMujahideen24six -3 APC -85others and of truckwere Jamiat captured.was indestroyed, Sheendand 12 distrct enemy soldiersambushed werean enemy killed convoy, and Thcadistrict.24 -3 enemy -85 launchedMujahideen an foughtattack backon Mujahideen and fighting positions continued in Charborjakfrom 3 a.m NEEMROZ PROVINCE resultsevento 5 p.m ofsoldiers artillery and bombardmentsfour officers of of the DRA surrounding forces were villages., killed. a great . Two of the enemy APCs were destroyed by RPG fire. Twenty As the numberammunition.28 -3 of-85 civilians were killed or wounded. Mujahideen captured seine A wereLandiSovietof Jamiat.killed. Wabar -DRA roadOneforces APCof whichfwasCharborjakwas destroyed composed district, by RPGof was28fire APCsattacked and which 12 enemyby was 'Mujahideen passingsoldiers AFGHANMuwere jáhideen NEWS injured captured :two. riflesduring the action. No. 7 with sonie amatunition, 14w4 -1985 Two Mujahids g -25 inSoviet Jawain -DRA diétrict.of forces launched an attack Farah province On FARAH PROVINCE on the position. 24th of March. The of Mujahideen enemy forcesforcearea. was withdrewAs composedthe and result of this of about 250the AFVs next day Soviet fighting 16 AFVs were helicopters airlifted On the sameJets day #eavily bombed destroyed by the enemy the dead the bodiesRPGwarAK fire-47s. is and orsome wounded land continuing Mujahideen were injured mines, Two Soviet *oldiers from the area. Until mow (27 of Mujahideen captured March) the two AFGHAN NEWS No. 30-4-1985 p_-26

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REPORT FROM KABUL 13 -4 -1985 Mujahideen from Jamiat planted -a minein an ammunition Depot of Rishkhoor. Division (S.W, of Kabul) . Asthe result of the explosion 20 DRA soldiers were killed and.,all the ammunition burnt.

13-4 -85 Mujahideen shelled the president's palace (Urg) with mortars: Later it was known that as a. result of this 'Shelling, one political.. C.om isear twó"offic'ers and one soldier were killed and7 other soldierswere wounded,,

21-4 -85 Soviets attaék.ed Mujahideen controlled areas in Liwan of.Salang. -- Fighting continued for 24:hours, In eight different ambushes 120 Soviet soldiers were killed and2,0 others were wounded. Twelve: Mujahideen were killed in a dit-ion.to,

PANJSHIR VÄLLÉY`i 17 -4 -85 Soviet -DRA forces launched an: attack' against Mujáhideen positions in Parandeh valley (a side valley:df Bazarak).,'lighting continued for`3,days. In three different ambu ìes the'Sov ets.lost about 80 men. On the 20th April, Amruddin the, newly appointed commander of Parandah wa:killed along with another Mujahid by an enemy an.ti- personne.l mine.

20 -4 -85 As the result of Mujahideen rocket (RPG) firs near Abdara bridge, (15km inside Panjshir valley), 10 Soviet soldiers were killed.

19 -4 -85 One Helicopter was shot down by Mujahideen of Hessarak (a side valley of Rukha). Mujahideen also destroyed the enemy's three positions and a radar system in Rukha.

21-1-85 Mujahideen attacked enemy positions in Anawa (12km inside the main valley). Seven enemy soldiers were killed.

23-4 -85 An enemy tank was destroyed by a land mine in Bazarak. In the same day, an enemy logistic convoy which was composed of 200 tanks and trucks tried to reach Pushghour after three months. Muja- hideen ambushed the convoy, de3troyed 20 tanks and trucks and killed 50 soldiers. The convoy could not reach its destination and was forced to retreat. One ZPU (14.6mm AA gun) of the Mujahideen was hit by an artillary shell and destroyed. One; Mujahid was also killed. AFGHAN NEYS No. 30 -4 -1985 p-27 4.

SAM4NGAN PROVINCE 10-3-85 rt Mujahideen of Jamiat in Khulm District set the enemy pipeline on fire (two pipe -lines are extended from the Soviet border to Bagram Airbase. The pipe -lines run by the side of Salang highway and are sbott.:;thecgratu d.

12 -3 -85 Mujahideen set on fire the enemy's pipe. -line in Tangi of Tachqur- ghan0 The pipeline continued burning for 24 hours. 13 -3 -85 Mujahideen cut the enemy pipe -line. in the Sayyad area of Khulm District which caused considerable waste for the. ehemy. Mujahideen

. also attacked the enemas positions in Johan Nema garden ulth RRs, RPGs and mortars. Eight enemy soldiers were killed and three othérs injured. } 19 -3 -85

Mujahideen of Jamiat, Hezb, Harakat Islami and Jabhai Nejat inaa. joint action, attacked the enemy positions in the city of Khulm. They made use of heavy weapons in this operation. The attack included 14 posts and Jehan Nema garden (a Soviet,post). Nineteen Soviet DRA soldiers were killed and some others injured.

15 -3 -85 Mujahideen of Jamiat attacked the District headquarters of Khul:n with heavy weapons. Part of the building was damaged and two communists were. killed. KUNAR PROVINCE 15-4-.85 Mujahideen of Daraseen of Kunar attacked enemy positions around Barikot as a result of which 6 DRA soldiers were killed. Later on the same day, 6 Jets and 9 Helicopters attacked Mujahideen positions, 3 Mujahids were killed and some others injured. The war is still continuing . BANYAN PROVINCE A report from Mujahideen reaching Peshawar, says that in the middle of Febrvary, Mujahideen from different groups joined together and raided the DRA Tabaq Sari post of Bamyan. They besieged the post for three days and finally captured it. Mujahideen captured 47 AK -47 rifles, two mortars and two Dschk guns.

Thirteen militias and soldiers were killed , 17 others were captured, the rest were. able to- escape.. Three Mujahids were injured during the operation. After three days the enemy retaliated with air strikes against liberated areas especially Ghandak and Shaibar, as a result. 35 mene women and children were killed and 15 others were. Injured. 50 houses were destroyed. AFGHAN NEWS No. 30-4-1985 P-28 The village of Dehbala of Ghandak was completely.destroyed. Aerial strikes are still continuing against differentareas of Bamyan province. Note: Ghandak and Shibar are located in the main roadconnecting Kabul to_the north. This road starts from.Matak(near Chárikar),passes through Ghoorband'valThy andafter passing Shibarpass enters a valley called Tangi Shekari. This road joinsthe maiWSalang Highway in Dooshi (near Kailagai, the main Sovietbase in the North-ofAfgh- anistan). This road, which is not paved,also connects Bamyan toKa- bul. The valleys along this road aresome of the most beautiful ones iti Afghanistan. Ashpushta coal mine is- "also located along this, road. There is a Soviet R presence in the city of Bamyanand DRA.förces.are at one place in Chardehi of Ghoorband, the restof the area is under Lu j ahideen control. 241-85* FARYAB PRO+JINCE Soviet - Yt -_ förcesattacked: Chakman :villageof Andkhoy district..-Puj- ahideen resisted against the invading forcesand fighting continued from 7 am until 4 pm. On the same day,one tank wasdestroyed;by RPG fire. ;Eleven enemy soldiers were killedand some others wounded.Two T.ujahids were martyredin the incident. 7 -3 -85 Soviet -ilk forces attacked Arab Shah and KhanCharbagh villages of -'Andkhoy District. The enemy used a large number of tanks'and A?Cs and five helicopters provided the aerial Cover.The purpose of the'enemy

was to surround ' the villages. Prujahideenfought until eveningand by destroying three tanks they were ableto break the seigex The enemy... retreated to Andkhoy town. TwoAK -47s were captured byMujahid- een. Some Mujahids receivedlight injuxies in the incident. 11-2-85 Nujahideen attacked the enemy. post inFirmgool sub -district of And- khoy at 3 pm. Ín two hours of fighting,Mujahideen captured thepost and liberated the sub - district of Firmgool.Twenty five soldiers and militias along with some of their officerswere killed and 30 others ..including two lieutnants of DRA surrenderedto Nujahideen. Mujahideen captured 10 AK -47s, 3 light machine -guns and57 different types of rifles along with some ammunition and foodstuff. Mujahideen casualties have not beenreported. 13 -2 -85 Two enemy agents were killed by Mujahideenfrom Jamiat at 9am in And - khoy city. One AK-47 and one.T.T pistolwas captured fromthem. 3IG SOVIET OPERATION 13 -3 -85 IN HERAT F . Commander EsmaeilKhan of Herat has sent a report in which'hementi- oned a big Soviet offensive against Mujahideenpositions in the Dist- rict of PushtoonZarghoon, Chesht and 00hÿ. AFGHAN NEWS No 8 - 30 -4.- 1.985 P-- 9

. ... The enemy made use Of 25 MI-24 Helicopters, 40 MIG-21 s MIG-23s and .. -- SUs Jets and.:more than 60O AFVs.

Tke Mujahideen resisted wel_lo they inflicted heavy losseson the enemy and-foiled their plans. Two Helicopters and one MIG-21Jet"

. was -shot. down:' . large 'number of Soviet A@`Vs were, destroyed. The '. number of enemy 'cä.sia.altys has not yet beenreported.:' The. enemy retaliated with indiscriminate aerial strikes against villages in the liberated areas which caused many.casualties : and'material

,losses for the people'No casualty figures have been .given`: Commander Ismaeil Khan gave orders. for. Mujahideenof Ghouryan, Ko san and'Zinda Jan districts to c.ttack militia posts which wererecently established by a traitor called Moalim Karim. Mujahideen cäptured the posts by killing a group of militia and capturingsome others.'Ai1 the weapons and ammunitions of these militias fell into the hands of the Mujahideen.

;Among those' who were killed was the,,-brother äf Karim, the head of militia mentioned above. Two Mujahidswere martyred and three °other injured during the Operation r. .. JAMIAT APPOINTED NEW LEADER FOR BALKH PROVINCE Recently Jamiat Is1ami leadership decided to appoint Mawlavi Moh- ammad Alam as the new _eadc.i$ of Balkh province;. After Zabihullah's sad demise, Jamiat had appointed Mawlavt Abdullahas the temporary Amir. of Mujahideen of Jamiat in Balkh province.Below is a short biography of Mawlavi Alam, the new Amir of Balkh provinces,

Mawlavi M.Alam s/o piaji Haiderbay, was born in Resiang village of Nahri Shahi district, in 1947. His fatherwas a. farmer. Mawlavi Alam went to the local mosque fo7' his primary studies. Then he. entered Asa- dia Madrassa (a religious schoolrun by the government). After graduation from this schools he gained admmission to the faculty of Islamic Law of Kabul University,, He graduated from the faculty in 1976. From 1972 to 1976 when he was a student in Kabul, hewas affected by the ideas of the Islamic movement and started activities. Hewas closely associated with muslim student leaders like- Niazi and A.Q.Qadir Taw- ana. After graduation he went. for 6 months military sarvice and them started to work as deputy to the public presecuter,first in Mazar city and after in Nahri Shahi district.

After the Communist coup in 1978 he left this job and joined Muja- hideen who were led by the,late Zabihullah, Since then.;he has been closely associated with Zabihullah and has workedas the head of this military committee, Mawlavi Alam is a gentleman withmany good qual- ities..Besides being a well - educated man he is a good fighter. AFGHAN NEWS No. 8 30 -4 -1985 P -30

His patience in the face of hardship, something common in the Afghanistan: situation., is Admirable. This has givenhim a unique experience which is much needed in running the job hehas been given.

After Zabihullah's death, :Jamiat took carefulsteps to appoint, some body who will be able to work with Mujahideen, to follow the good work which Zabihullah had laid thefoundations of, keep the unity of Mujahideen and facenew, challenges with a high sprit ,wise dom and determination.

Finally it was decided that since the majority ofthe Mujahideen's reaction towards his leadership was positive andhe has some good qua- lities which are needed fora leader to be successful, he Was appoi- t nted.as the, new Amir of Jamiat:Islamiin Balkhprovince.

He has takeh charge of the Mujahideen ata very sensitive time.; Zabihullah, a hero, has gone from his people, completeunity does nöt, exist among all the Mujahidéeen parties.Soviets have many ambitious military and political plans for thisarea and naturally on top of it all there is greet. expectation from thenew leader. While: we have good wishes-for the new commander of Balkh, time . will tall how successful he will be in hisziobl'e mission.

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HERAT PkOVINCE 7 -4 -1985 Mujahideen from Jamiat in Kohsan district of Herat province attacked a newly established militia post which was under "Altwar Haft - Bala ", a member of the puppet regime's "Loya Jirga ". The post was wiped out. Two militias were killed and the rest were captured. The people of area welcomed Mujahideen's move . But in view of the enem's retaliatory aerial attacks these people have abandoned their houses and häve gone to some relatively safe areas,

12 -4 -85 Mujahideen from Jamiat under the command of Sayed "Gorg" ambushed' a Soviet truck near the Soviet DRA 'Chashtna Dam' post. The truck was destroyed and all its occupants killed. On the same 'day the Mujahideen also attacked Noorudin's militia posts which resulted in four militias being killed and two of them being set on fire.,

17 4 86 Mujahideen from Jamiat in Ghoryan district attacked enemy posts with heavy and light weapons . The commander of post was killed, four other soldiers were injured, one tank was destroyed and three soldiers surrendered to Mujahideen along with their weapons. The enemy bombarded the area with heavy weapons which resulted in the death of three civilians.

28 -4 -85. Mujahideen from Kushk area under tie command of Amir Hamza, planted some T.N.T and a time -bomb in a truck which wá.s taken by Mujahideen supporters who were working inside the Soviet -DRA base to a place called Baiz which is located near the Afghan -Soviet border. As the result of the explosion a large number of APCs , trucks_- and tanks were set on fire and seven other explosions took place, About 200 enemy personnel: (Soviet -DRA) were killed and 150 different types of vehicles were set on fire or damaged. In a retaliatory action, Soviets pounded the area from the air cau- sing casualties among civilians and damage to the buildings. 25 -4 -85 One of the most high - ranking members of Khad namely Qalander Baya- bani an evil man who had killed several innocent civilians, was ass - assinated by a Mujahid while entering his house located near `the square of the provincial Committee of Herat.

23 -4 -85 Mujahideen captured a top commander of the puppet regime from Darb post of Kandahar who was subsequently tried by Mujahideen. AFGHAN NEWS No.9 18-5-1985 P-32 ..

BADGHEES pROVINCE 6 -4 -85 Mujahideen from Jamiat attackeda Soviet convoy which was coming from the Soviet border to Qalai Naw, the provincial capital of Hádghees, in a place called Abshara. Twenty five tanks andtrucks were destroyed and an unknown member of the enemy was killed. Four Mujahideen were killed and three others injured. The next days Soviets launcheda retaliatory attack on Mujahideen positions from the air and ground. Theenemy forces were composed of 21 Helicopters and 20 Jets and around two hundred tanks,APCs and trucks. Fighting continued for 7 hours , five tanks were destroyed and a large number of enemy soldiers were killed. Seven Mujah- ids were martyred and two others wounded.

JAWZJAN PROVINCE 14 -3 -85. DRA forces 'composed of35tanks, APCs and 15 trucks supported by 4 Helicopters wanted to searchthe houses of Khan Aab District.,. Mujnhideen attacked them and a total number ofseven tanks and trucks were destroyed. Ninteen soldierswere killed and 12 others surrendered to the Mujahideen. Mujahideen captured 4 AK -47s and two RDP machin guns. Two Mujahidswere killed and six other were injured during the operation.

Vn the same day9enemy planes bombed the villages of Dehsan,Mogoùr, Kookchai and Anlamen which are located close to Qalai Naw. Asa result of this, 48 innocent civilianswere killed and others injured. PARWAN.KAPISA PROVINCE 4 -3 -85 Mujahideen shelled the enemy's central posts situated in Kapisa province. As a result of which one sergeant and six other soldiers were killed.

25-3-85 Mujahideen attacked an enemy post which resulted in the destrucuien of two tanks, a truck and a mmlitary tent full of soldierswere set on fire , The iiumlger of the enemy casualties has netdlom-: reported.

29 -3 -85 Mujahideen launched another attackon the mentioned post destroying an APC in which9personnel were killed.

Mujahideen conducted an operationon the enemy security posts of Nasaji Gulbahar located id the area of ChashmaiMazullah. In this operation the Mujahideen seized all theweapons, ammunition and a large quantity of military goods accumulatedin the mentioned post. AFGHAN NEWS No. 18_-5-1 985 P-33

4 -4 -85 .) fforent groups of Mujahideen Of Kapisa came together for a joint attack against an enemy-Convoy which was moving,;through Danai Gulbahar'to Panjshir valley,' Tn this attack Mujahideen were able to destroy a tank- and an APC '^with heavy weapons. LOGAR PROVINCE 6 -4..85 The latestreport;reaching us from Logar indicatesthat â.tr,a. ng operation :was :launched jointly>b.y-_Mujahideen <í'toul:-Jama.at7_.And..1iezb Islami, on a Russian base in the capital of Logar province nc

other newly established posts. , In the process of this operation Mujahideen using heavy weapons hit the enemy's estimated15 positions in which 1 W4 -13, 7 t nks and

{ trucks were destroyedand the positions were damaged. This oper-

ation continued threehours into the . night- and resulted in the death or injury about73 soldiers of theHussiáns- Karmal troops. BADAKHSHAN PROVINCE 1 -5 -85. Mujahideen of Kishm district of Badakhshan have reportedly launched a series of operations on the enemy's positions, killing 4 Russians soldiers in addition to seven militias and wounding.. others.

One Mujahid was killed and few-'öî =them injured. AFGHAN NEWS No.+10 A-7-1985985 --..--r,...

,....PANJSHIR:,iIALLEY Pushghour Ene Pase CaRturad 15 =2_5 At 6 :30 p.m Mujahideen attacked the puppet regime's base óf Push- ghour the Panjshir valley. Sixty Mujahideen attacked the main , base'iihkle 100 others operated heat/ weapons and provided cover for the attack. After half- an hour Of fierce fighting, with the helb of Allah, the enemy main defend° line was broken. The defence' line' as. protected by mines, barbed wire, trenches, tanks and APC9. The...- main re.sistance of the enemy laéted until dawn and Pushghour base with its outposts was captured, Mujahideen took 110 enemy officers and 350 soldiers as prisoners: .r

Mujahideen also captured: .

1- 400 AK -47s 2-'10 mortars 3 4 76mm Mountain Howitzers. 4- One ZU -23mm machin gun 5- One R -118 Communication set. 6- One R- 104 7- io R -105 8- One airoplane guidinginstrument.' 9- One radio for finding the direction. 10- 2 million rounds of ammunition for ligh weapons. 11- 2,000 rounds of mortars 12- 2,000 rounds of artillery 13- 6 trucks 14- One APC 15- some food and clothing. Two tanks and 5 APCs of (60 -P type) were destroyedduring the oper-

ation. . Three days before the attack, a combined delegation ofKhad,Mini- stery of Defence, Ministery of Interior and CentralArmy Corps had come to Pushghour. The delegation headed byBrigadier Ahmaduddin included 6 colonels, 3 lieutenant colonels and severallieutenants who were all captured except Ahmaduddin and acolonel-lidro7wereAsilleid during the operation. Three days before the operation Mujahideen shotdown one helicopter and damaged another. The three pilots of the twohelicopters are among those captured. Note: Pushghour is one o the five enemy bases in the valley. It is located 50 km inside the valley. It was mannedmainly by the puppet army but the Soviets provided theair cover and supply lines. Since last winter it has been cut off fromthe ground and its contact with other posts was by helicopter andradio. AFGHAN. NEWS 2-7-1985 P-a5 . ,;,

1 -6 -85 Mujahideen from the Panjshir launched a co- ordinated attack against the enemy positions all along the valley. Fighting continued until June 10. The Mujahideen killed or wounde 100 Soviets and 500 puppet regime soldiers °and officers. They took '45 soldiers and officers prisoners and captured 74 AK -47s, 3 mortars,. 3'heavy.maehin guns and 3 binoculars with 100,000 rounds of ammunition. Among those killed were 51 puppet regime officers* Colonel Mohammad Safee the Commander of 444 commando unit and Lt -Abdul Hadi the political comm- of the ,444 unit were amog those officers who were killed.

On June 1st a - Soviet ammunition Depot was set on fire in Rukha ,which burnt for six and a 4.1f hours. Several trunks and ADCs were destroyed and a number of Soviet soldiers were killed in this incident. During all these operations the Mujahideen lost 6 juir commande»s and 15 Mujahideen and 40 others wezge injured. Fighting continues all along the valley. .. .,, r: KUNAR VALLEY i818:'6-g^55 The Russians launched an offensive_Vath more than ten thousand tr à'eifps` iri: the It'undr pro :vinee. Kunar is a strategically important-.Valley bordering Paki a.n. it is' to a large degree a supply route for the F.astern angel Nprthera ,rprovinces. The road from Kunar to the North.is.

atteir. thaxathe .road from Chitral. KunarIs a 1110=^ ;, ofaprovince and from t.e begining of the Russo- Afghan war until 1981 they took part in the ,.fight.ng,.: bü`t since then most of the civilians have been dri- ven to Paki.tan by the enemy.

The last offensiite of the Russians aimed: a)-. To reinforce and supply pare,e.kotva DRA base which has been besi- e.ged by Mujahideen for the-last six months..`. b)- To inflict losses on-the Mujahideen forces. c)- To drive the remaining civilians out and if possible to elose the. border. .Out of these four aims, the Russians were able to resupply the Bari- kot base. -but could not achieve the rewt. About 47 Mujàhideen.were martyred,,,..which is not a large number compared to the strengthf the forces which they brought in. The operation lasted for 12 days. -Enemy casualties are as follow: Russian casualties - 3 helicopters DRA forces more than 300 killed Russian forces -150 wounded or killed Vehicles - 30 destroyed AFGHAN NEWS No, 1 Q , . 2-7.128 B :.....,...

NEW TACTICS (a) compared to other -offensives in the Kunaruit was r. surprise attack.

(b) commando- troops were .. used c) night flights by helicopters, took place

( d ) trialiLzialidaroi":- -tay oi wnre?.,Ats ed . THE PRESENT SITUATION No new Russian or DRA pests havebeen established, After resupplying and reinforcingBarikot base, the - Russians, haire totally withdrawn from the 'area withoutestablishing any new. p04011.

Mujahideen who had recently returned from the area, went, backt' i their strongholds. The road is open.Minewhich were planted_ have Mostly been cleared, HERAT PROVINCE. 20. -6 -85 According to confirmed sources at least17 different kinds .$t filth- ting air -craft as well as a number .. ftrunks parked there, Iowa deet. reyed in the Slindand Russian base, Nodetails are yet known of how Mujahideen have operated ae inf.ilterated the base.

military 'l` a .wo .k- Another report .. says that more than 10 Afghan. ing in the air base were execsuted soonafter this incident.

a T Shindand air base is situated in the level are pof Shind.nd. It iras built long ago by the Russians to serve theirlong- range paus mn at purposes. The base is not meant just forHerat or the Southeltit of Afghanistan but ,it is heavily concerned withoperations in Iran and other Gulf states. According to recentreport two Aussian divisions, 2 battalions and 3 tanks batta,]-tane e zJstaticumask. t Shindand. We are also informed that Russian forcesfluctuate from there time to time. Re- inforcement of the base .isnot problem for the Russians because of the Mu jahideen' s lack of . effectiveand long -range.artillery..

96.85. cr.:::. Mujahideen from Herat city captured astrong security post in the city of herAt. For one year the Mujahideen havebeen trying t.n daet.. roy this post but were not able tosucceed. The report from the area says that they dug atunnel of about 148 meters. Twenty people worked day and night for about: one month andat least they were able toreach under the post and plant explosives. TheMujahideen attacked the peat in the day- liglit in order to get every onethere and then they blow ït.up. About 90 enemy soldiers were saidto be. killed. No Mujahid

casualties have been reported, . AFGHAN NEWS No. 10 2 -7- 1985- - P..07 ,

BADAKHSHAN PROVINCE 16 -5 -85 (This report reached us after 25 days)

The enemy forces, mostly Russians, launched an offensive on Payap- shahr of Baharak District of Badakhshan. The report says that the forces attacked the lower part of the Baharak via the government road and Bamdara. The offensive lasted for 18 hours in which Muja- hideen were able to push back the enemy, The report adds that during the fighting, Jelili the communist director: of the Khad along with 9 other Khad members were killed. A Mujahid was injured in this fighting.. e

19 -5 -85 A Russian passenger plane carrying 96 party members, inçluding 9 Russians, was shot dawn at Faizabad. All 96 were reportedly killed. In retaliation the Russian forces }air raided the villages ofrFaiz- abad with MIGs and helivopters, as a result of which at least two villages were totally destroyed.

27 -4 -85 An active group Commander Faizurahman Faez, along with 14 other Muja- hideen were killed due to the explosion of at-communication set which was filled by the enemy with highly powerful explosives. The report says that after the Russians defeat, in an operation against Mujahid- een, they withdraw and leave behind a booby -trap like this communi- cations set. Mujahideen take that set as booty and while 20 are busy operating the mentioned set it explodes, killing 14 Mujahids and inju- ring the rest.

Faez was reportedly a very active and beloved group commander.

30 -5 -8'5 A strategically importa government post at Katta.Khurman was totally captured by Mujahideen and about 20 militias along with three serg- eants were killed, the rest, about 14 were captured alive. Four Mujahids were killed while 4 others were injured during the operation. BAGHLAN PROVINCE 30-5-85 The latest report from Baghlan province indicates that a large number of Russian- Karmal troops with a number of tanks and APCs of which the total was estimated to be 500, and with the protection of several combat aircraft and helicopter gunships, moved from its strong base in Dazhti Kilagai towards Nahrin Di strict. After a few days of concentration in Nahrin the military division No. 20. (located about. 3 km in the east part of the city on top of a strategic hill) 1a.um- ched their offensive in the city and the surrounding areas of the mentioned division. AFGHAN NEWS No. 10 2.7 -1985 P.-g$

The fighting started at 9:O0 a.m in the morning and lasted untill 2 :00 p.m. In this fighting, Mujahideen destroyed three tanks while

20 enemy soldiers and militias were killed and the invading tro.ops . were forced to retreat.

Two days later, on the 8th June, 200 tanks and APCs attacked Burka sub- district. On the way back, two tankswere destroyed due to mine explosions laid by Mujahideen. The report adds that after retreating from Burka, the Nussian- Karmal forces carried out another operation on the 9th June on a Mujahideen base in Dooabi area. After a severe clash between two sides, the Mujahideen destroyed 4 tanks and killed e 50 soldiers.

In this operation one Mujahid was killed while anotherwas injured. Ten different weapons includinga mortar along with a la'ge quan -- 'tity of ammunitionwere seized by Mujahideen. In retaliation, the villages and the residential houses of Dooabi area were pounded to the ground under heavy bombardments from the air. As a result of this air raid 10 civilians were killedin addition to six other injurie., AFGHAN NEWS No. 11 ' P..37 _.. NO REPORT FROM PANJSHIR 20 -6 -1985 Soviets landed commandoes on the mountains around Pushghour'but. 'their armoured columns, de.spite:_repeated attacks, have not been able to pass the Shaba bridge until June 27th. Several tanks and APCs have bean destroyed by anti -tank mines, One PK machine gun and 8 ÁK- 74 guns have been captured by Mujahideem.

25 -6 -86 A resupply convoy of the enemy composed of 30ir°us:ks full of ammun-

itions , was set on fire in'Rahman Khil village of Bazarak. As the result of fire and explosions,'60 of the enemy were killed. Ori the same day, one Helicopter was shot down in Bazarak.

17-6-85 Twelve tanks and enemy truoJcs were- destroyed in an ambush inT. Malaspa village of Bazarak. .20-6-85

One. Jet and one enemy Helicopter were shot down in $hotui, val,Ley,jShn- -- otul is a ._narrow-valley running parallel to the P,njsh.?r valley and l.ocated..betwe.en. Panjshir and. Salang.) HERAT PROVINCE

According to a report sent- through Iran by..:.G.mmander:.I.smaeil of Herat, the Russians along with forces from the puppet regime besieged the western part of Herat city from the iOth Jyly to 15th July. The report says that during this siege, more than X00 different, kinds of military vehicles, including tanks and a 1_:'go number of ground' forces participated. The forces were covered by a substantial number of helicopters.

In the five day battle between Mujahideen and the enemy, more thaw 300 enemy soldiers were killed and about 200 weapons, along with a large quantity of ammunition were captured. The report says that 28 Mujahids were martyred and 18 injured,

While Mujahideen were busy attacking the government controlled villages on the eastern part of the city, the Russiens,either to retali- ate or to divert Mujahideen attention, besieged the western part.

It should be noted that besieging has been a common tactic of the enemy forces since three years.

The aim of the siege is always either to push Mujahideen out of the villages surrounding th9 cityor to inflict losses on them. P- 38 AFGHAN NEWS No. 11 23 -7 -85 `

SALANO - HIGHiWAY

Although no detailed news has arrived from Salang year ashort . note from the area reports heavy fighting at the Salanghighway to the Southern part of the. tunnel. The report says that the highway was closed forabout a week and Mujahideen were able to destroy a considerable numberof different kinds of vehicles, kill many enemy soldiers and capture agood number of arms and ammunition. The date of the operation is reported to be the last weekof June and first week of July. KABUL (JEGDALIK FRONT

19 -6 -85 Commander Anwar of Jegdalik has reported that in a Russian post near Sroobi, 3 non -Russian Soviet soldiers (mostly Tajiks) have revolted and killed more than 20 Russians. While they were on.,their, way, to escape to join Mujahideen of Jegdalik,they were recaptured . by the Russians in a village called Dari Sar of Sroobi district.

11-7-85 A Mujahideen group of Jegdalik attacked a government base'called Soori Teega at Tangi Abrishumi. According to the report Mujahideen passed three security posts during the night to reach the base. The mentioned base althoughsit* uated amongst four security posts, Mujahideen were able to use an effective tactic to attack the main Russian base and inflict heavy losses on them. More than 20 Russians and soldiers of the puppet government were killed or injured.

14 -7 -85 Mujahideen reportedly destroyed another post near Saroobi district office. The operation resulted in the killing of many puppet government soldiers. Twenty one pieces of heavy and light weapons were captured. LOGAR PROVINCE 29-6-85 A letter from Commander Fazlullah of Logar reports that Mujahideen have achieved some effective organizational and social work from the begining of 1985 up to now. He talks about military ,judicial, educational and medical activities which show that despite enemy pressure and the Mujahideen's anti -Soviet involvement,they have been able to work among civilians much more than in previous years.For examplo, a mobile medical team from Jamiat has been able to treat about 36 injured Nujahid and visit hundreds of civilians.,_ AFGHAN NEWS No. tit 23 -7 -85 P-39

Two more mobile medical teams have been set up. As far as education is concerned, seven small and heavily secured schools have been set up, each of which enrolled from 80 to 150 pupils. He complains of the lack of educational facilities, The commander writes that the puppet government of Kabul has forcefully taken some old civilians in order to make them members of their so- called grand assembly or Loya Jirga. These innocent people are taken at night. The letter says that some one who had been taken to Kabul by the government for this reason telephoned his relatives saying: "Do not worry, the govern-

' I ment has not imprisoned me but has made me member of the parliament ".

When the message was sent to his wife , she aaid: "it means the same thing ". Commander Fazlulah when writting about Soviet tactics says that ambushing has become a routine t'a.ct:ic of the Soviets. The aim of this tactic is to dose or at least bring pressure on the Mujahideents supply routes. He mentiones- places like Dashti Abchakan,Baidak, Al- tamoor (40km) in which most of the ambushes have taken place, die._ says that from late January,85, up till now, 200 young Mujahids have been martyred and several others were captured alive. Be reports the catastrophic news of the 3rd night of Eid (muslim festival),June 21, in which 40 Mujahic from Takhar province were ambushed by the Russians and were. killed. The dead bodies lay on the ground for one week and many animals of the ambushed convoy were decimated b Commander Fazlullah talks alsoc.boùt the auocesses of the Mujahideen in different operations against the Russians and communist puppets in which many fighting vehicles and enemy soldiers have been destroyed and killed. A helicopter was shot down and a good, amount of ammunition was captured. He says that in about four months of anti - Soviet operations, 16 Mujahids were injured. Food and clothes are amongst the things requested by the Commander from prof. Rabbani leader of Jamiat. Commander Fazlullah is a young and effective commander of Jamiat in Lougar province. AFGHAN .NEWS (The report is based on Commander Masoud4s letter) No. 12 PANJSHIR VALLEY 8-8..g5 P4 O resultedeatedstartedThe2 -7 -85fighting and Anat sufferedthe6op.m between destruction and heavy 'lastedMujahideen losses of until 3 Sovietunderand 2:p.m. the thetanks enemy TheMujahideen. and enemyforces the forces killing atThe Shaba fightingwere of def- theabout2 -7 -85area. 20 soldiers. The wreckage from,the tanks is still lying in reportFightingeight~.hours says between that at enemyMujahideenShaba, air inflicted power and the-with many enemy thecasualties forceshelp of which on8 Jetsthe lasted enemy.and 24±or ThaHel - TheNorth.artillary(Dicopters report addsbombarded -30) that guns thethe cwhich areartemy' arearound considered Shaba. Theto beenemy heavier' also used.than heavy' F aim at Shaba was to pass it fer the ever. entranceEight3-7-85(the soldiers second to the part reportedlyvalley) of the and killedPandshir brought four valleytheir of their arms50 km andofficers from ammunitions the at Southern Tambana set 14Soldiers from an enemyto3 -7 the -85post Mujahideen. at Poojawa surrendered along with their Twentyarms4 -7 -85 (P.K1trucks 14 andAK -47)6 tanks to thewere Mujahideen. destroyed during an operation by Muj- Twoahideen5 -7 tanks -85 atwere Malaspa. destroyed by anti -tank mines planted by Mujahideen. Mujahideen5In6 -7 two-85 different destroyed operations, four tanks Mujahideen and burnt 12 trucks at Abdara. were able to destroy three Mujahideen6 tanks-7 -85 and twofrom trucks from at Tanjawor I<'an jawox in and Astana.. a most successful operation at Malaspatheiratiers Pushghour. along armsdestroyed withjoined The their25 Mujahideensame vehicles arms report (7 includingat AKadds Pushghour.-47s) that surrenderedtanks. 62 The enemy.soldiers along with to the Mujahideensame day 12 sold- 8-8-85 p..la:1. . AFGHAN NEWS No. 12 ....:,

7 -7 -85 Russian forces landed Commando troops with the help ofhundreds of helicopters all over Hessa Awel(the upper part of_the valley) aiming at recapturing 120 government military officers andeleven high -ranking officers, who had been captured by Mujahideen inthe third week of June from Pushghour enemy garrison, but due tomis- calculation the Russian bombarded the area and killed all of them. The most remarkable point of this is that'a contact to exchangethe prisoners had been made between the Russians and Panjshirpeople On 26 June, and bothsi -'.e agreed to exchange their prisoners, This barbaric and inhuman behaviour by the Russians created an outcry from the families of the captured officers, R On the same day, Mujahideen of iaraadeh and Manjawoor jointly attacked the enemy bases at Nawalij which resulted in the destruction of 18 tanks, 138 vehicles loaded with ammunition, 6 D -30 and the killing

of about enemy soldiers. . HERAT...... PROVINCi 26-6..Y85 A letter f;elat..bv Commander .Esmaeil of .Herat says that tho Russian-DRA

- troops in retaliation to their previous defeat, have carried . out another air and Ground operation in the provincial center as well as surrounding areas of Herat city.

The reportoin.c"ieate that'more than 600 tanks and APCs along with. several Jet bombers helicopters and other combat aircrafts participated in this operation. Long-range artillaries and ground missile have been shelling the target points of the city and, its 'surroundings. The movements of the enemy fonces has been from Darbi Kandahar head - ing toward the city of Herat. While passing the area of Saipulak near Kandahar city-, the Russian forces were suddenly attacked by Thu jahidtp een which resulted in the destruction of 5 tanks and the deathof 50 Russian- ` PA,

18 -6 -85 The report says that when Russian forces reached Herat city.,they started searching the houses of the civilians. While advancing from Shahri Naw toward the upper part of the city called Baraman, the Russian forces were besieged by Mujahideen within the city and as a result of a severe clash between the two sides, 12 tanks of the invading forces were set on fire by rockets and all the personnel were

killed . The dead bodies and wreckage of the tanks are still lying

in the city, A Russian general was also among those killed . The Muja- hideen hung hi, body in the city as a public example. 20 -6-85

Three tanks and 1 military vehicle were destroyed in Saipulak: and the same day, 3 Russian tanks with all personnel on board were wrecked by Mujahideen in Shahri Naw. AFGHAN NEWS N U`941.5 P. , 42' The9 -2 Russian -85 forces attacked Nahri Shahi District and besieged the MAZAR PROVINCE Accordingareatitythe Mujahideenof Barmazidweaponsto the destroyedreport, anddistrict killed in 8 at aortanks counter10:00 injured and p.m. operation APCs,a number captured toof breakenemy a large theforces. siegequan- TwoZari8 -8 Mujahids -85 area of were Shoulgar martyred district and one was reportedly bombarded wounded.at 5:30 p.m by four helicopterstans8 -5 -85 including resulting children. in the death or' injury of at least 8 civil. MazarAccordingsixoutpost governmentSharif, atto Quruk aMujahideen report soldiers. village signed of which the by areaCommanderresulted attacked inAlam the a reachingpuppetdeath andgovernment Here injury from of Inahideenof a Shoulgarretaliatory were Districtable operation to .shoot the down Russians a helicopter bombarded during Pikandara the operation. village . On the same day , according to the report Muj- rukThe8 -6 whichnext -85 dayresulted the Mujahideen in the death attacked of about the 5same soldiers. government pest at Qu- Thedownulgar'district. same Russianan aircraftday, forces Mujahideen While(the have typethe reportedlyalso villageof shotthe airdownbombarded craft another is Abdara notJet mentioned).fightervillage atof Pika-Sho- was being attacked Mujahideen shot. rentatInndara Kushkata piecessuccessfulvillage. village,of light operatioh Mujahideenweapons. against were a ablerelatively to capture strong at governmentleast 40 diffe- post fromMujahideenenemy8 -1 1:-8j soldiersp.m ofto Mazar60 were :00 besieged killed.p.m Duringsome enemy the operationforces at oneChimtal 1!ujahidwas- district mart- According to the report a number of the The6yred -9 -85Russianand._ one -Karmal was .ß.erioúsly forces while wounded. returning from their massive Jaji off- JEGDALIK FRONT" trucksreportedensive, were sufferedthat destroyed at leastheavy and 40-Russianlosses about at 200 Jegdaliktanks enemy and forcesof APCs Kabul. with Commander six military Anwar k were killed or injured AFGHAN NEWS No 13 23.9 -8 P-ß+3 red during the operation Mujahideen reportedly used-RPG -7s and anti -tank mines. 'he report says that all anti -tank mines which were planted at least a year ago by Mujahideen worked -well. Jegdalik is one of the better organized fronts of Jamiat and has an important strategic value that threats the Kabul- Jalalabad road. For seven years'specially the lait threes it has played a significant role in the Súroobi area in the war against the Russ- fans. TAKHAR PROVINCE 28 -7 -85 Reports from Takhar province indicate that enemy forces have launched various operations both large and small against Mujahideeztstro- ngholds in the months of July and August in different areas of Tak- har. According to the latest reports the air and ground offensive which was launched by the enemy On the 28th July at Dashti Archie resulted in the death and injury of at least 18 innocent civilians and two Mujahideen. It is reported that more than 40 Helicopters and Jet bombers participated in bombarding the area. The report adds that, in a counter operation the Mujahideen were able to destroy 3 tanks or APCs and about 27 enemy forces were injured or killed.

31 -7 -85 In another large operation launched by the Russians in the area called Mulla Quli9 at least 90 civilians were killed and many houses and shops were razed to the ground in a bombardment. The report adds that adds that Mujahideen were also able to kill at least 13 Russian soldiers and some puppet government troops. It is reliably learnt that the Russians have contaminated most of the water wells with poison at Mulla Quli area which has led to the death of at least six civilians. According to another reliable report two Khad officers of Takhar province namely Hayatullah s/o Subhanqul and Shah Wall s/o Khuja Gul were captured by Mujahideen and hanged to death by a revolutionary court at Dashti -Archi, AFGHAN NEWS No. 14 10-85 P-44 an.0111

AFGHANS ARE THANKFUL Tb THE BRAVE 1WEDISH LADY In the youth conference which was convened in Moscow some weeks ago, Katarina Lorsson, a brave Swedish lady, strongly criticized the policy of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Her speech was welcomed by most of the participants ".The Soviet authorities tried very hard to prevent her speech but they failed. As a last resort they stopped translation of the speech into Russian. This act of the Soviet authorities contradicts all accepted international norms.

Mujahideen inside the country were highly impressed by the cour- age of this brave lady and other delegates who raised their voicIps against the crimes which the Soviets are committing against the' innocent people of Afghanistan. For several days the name of Katarina was repeated by Filjahideen and they related the story of her bravery to each other. The name of this lady and others who defended the cause of justice and of peace 7411,1 be remembered for ever.

GORBACHEV'S TRIP. TO FRANCE

Gorbachev, the first secretary of the Communist party of. the Sov- iet Union ,has been invited by Francois Mitterrand, the president of the Republic of France, to pay an official vis t to France in the first week of October. The people, of Afghanistan fully appreciated the efforts of the. French government towards the restoration of national soverignty,in their country and its position in defending peace and the cause of freedom. The people of Afghanistan also remember that the president of the Republic of France when he was assuming power as the president emphasized that the normalization of their relationship with the Sov- iet Union was conditional on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afg- hanistan and finding a political solution to this problem.

Unfortunately the Soviet leadershi.p.not only did not respect this just demand of the French government, but it extended the level of their military activities-in Afghanistan. After eight years of political and six years of military intervention their atrocities against the people of Afghanistan has reached its new hights. While the people of Afghanistan are aware of the needs for contacts between the countries and are not worried about these types of meetings, we expect the meeting of President Mitterand and Mr. Gorbachev tó have a peace initiative that the Soviet intervention will be condemned and practical steps are taken for the restoration of the freedom of the people of Afghanistan. 6 AFGHAN -NEWS No 14 5-10-85 N E W S TAKHAR PROVINCE 23 -9 -82 Soviet -DRA forces launched their second offensive in less than one month against Mujahideen ln Farkhar district of Takhar provincè.Fi.gh- ti.ng is continuing but no details are available Farkhar is a¡ strong- ghold of Mujahideen who are dominated by Jamiat Islami of Afghanistan.

BALK.H PROVINCE

13 -9 -85 .. . The Soviets launched an offensive against Mujahideen around Mazar Sharif. They landed troops in Marmòl, Shadian and Shoulgar areas. The enemy left the area after seven days- of operation. No details of gig - hting have-been recieved yet.. Mazá.r is dominated by Jamiat. IslamiR OE- e leader of Mazar is Mawlavï Alam who took this job after Zabihullah''s sad demise. KABUL

The recent. explosion of the enemy ammunition. Depot in Khairkhana

which was reported earlier "ßy .diplomatic sources was carried out by Jamiát Isiami members. A time -bombwas used in this operation. PARWAN PROVINCE .16 -9 -85 Mujahideen of Jamiat planted a time -bomb in one of the trucks of the enemy.in salai Surkh near Jabulsaraj (at the mouth of the Salang va;il- ey).The truck was full of ammunition. Asa result of this explosion one tank and six trucks'werèdestroyed. KAPISA.PROVINCE 15 -8 -85 Mujahideen of Jamiat attacked enemy positions around the provincial capital. Fighting continued for three hours. Three enemy soldiers were killed and sore were injured. The enemy retaliated with.artillary bombardments against Mujahideen positions from its base in Bagram.

g8 -9 -85 Mujahideén raided the - "enemy outposts of the provincial capital of Kap- isa. Thirty three b3) officers and soldiers of the enemjr (DRA) were killed or injured. During the operation one Mujahid was martyred and five others injured. SAMANGAN PROVINCE 30 -7 -85 A group of enemy iñilitias joined Mujahideen of Jamiat in Kaldar district and brought, with them 120 guns of different types and some ammunition. Several villages of Kaldar district :were liberated from enemy control. 8 -7 -85 Soviet -DRA forces attacked the. Mujahideen position in Kaldar district resulting in the death of 3 Mujahids and 4 civilians. The enemy also lost some.- men.The Mujahideen captured 1 AK -47 and a loudhailer. AFGHAN NEWS No. 14 :5-10-85 P -46

THE TRUE SIDE. OF THE STORY

The monthly bulletin of theAfghan InformationCenter,Ns.54 has published an interview with therespected French Scholar 0li.vieR.oy about the situation'in thePanjshir valley. In thisinterview there. are two points which arenot Understood and heed to be'clarified. It is said that the" proposalfor -a ceasefire was catagoricalilyrej- ected by the Couneil of theCommanders. The fact is that there was not any discussion about aproposed ceasefire and there was nosuch proposal. It is also mentioned' in theinterview that the 200 prisoners of, Pushghour were killed by Mujahideen beforethe Commando attack ky. the Soviets.. The true storyis that they Were killed by the-Soviets bimbardment and crossfiring between Mujahideenand the invading enemy, Mujahideen even evacuated and treated someof the injured prisoners, THE FIRST PRISONER EXCHANGE

Informed sources report that one. Sovietsoldier who was a prisoner in the hands ofMujahideen was exchanged with sixMujahideè.n who had been captured by Soviet -DRAforces. The deal took place- in the first week of September betweenEttihadi Islami for the Liber- - tion of Afghanistan(prof. Sàyyaf's Organization) and the enemyside in Logar province. As far as we know, this is the firsttime which Soviets havedealt. with Mujahideen in a prisoner exchange.In the past Soviets have been sensitive towards these types ofdealings.

It seems that the soldier belongedto a family which has a great amount'of influence inside the.Soviet government. AFGHAN NEWS No. 15 P- .47

THE SECOND OFFICIAL SPOKEMAN OF THE COALITION

On the second of October, Gulbudin Hekmatyar, Amir of Hezbi Islami was appointed as the second official spoksman of the coalition of the seven Islamié parties by the. Supreme Council of the Coalition. This decision was announced in a press, conference which was held in the presence of the leaders of all the seven constituent parties. In the. communique of the coalition which wqs read by the newly appointed spoksman, it is said that Mujahideen would officia- lly ask for membership of the Organization of Islamic Conference(' (0-I -C), The seat of Afghanistan has been vacant since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Ili 1979. According to the constitution of the Coalition each spóksrnan would be elected for a period of three months. The spoksrnan when speaking for the Coalition; would be confined by the decision of the Supreme Council. According to the rulés of the coalition, each party would keep its independence and the coalition is an umbrella organization to co- ordinate political and military acti',Lti.os of the constituent parties. So far the coalition has taken careful steps and A been successful. We believe that if the previous mistakes are not repeated, this coalition will not only last but will be.strong- and can gain the confidence of the people of Afghanistan. Once that confidence is built one can expect that the Coalition would I44ev.effective role in the military and political affairs inside the country. The Coalition has a long way to go for the achievement of *its aim but with sacrifice, hard work and reasonable policies it can be achieved. MUJAHIDEEN CHALLENGE THE PUPPET REGIM'S CREDENTIALS IN THE U.4 When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan and installed a puppet regime in Kabul, the seat of Afghanistan in the U.N was also occupied by their puppets. The Afghan people started their struggle for the liberation of their country this had continued for five years. The Resistance now controls more than 80 %of the land and the absolute majority of the population. The control of the occupationistfr co and their puppets is minor and ineffective. It is reasonable and just that the Resistance which is the representative of the people and has control of the land, should represent the Afghan nation., not a puppet regime which is kept:in Kahll and some other cities by about 200,000 foriegn- troops. The time has come to demand our rights and win back the seat of Afghanistan in the United Nations. AFGHAN NEWS No. 15 13-10-85 P_ 48

Some Afghans, connected with the Afghan Resistance, have been working towards this. -azm_ -for 1y'e.uxr.The coalition of the Mujahideen par - ties has also issued a communique in which the Supreme Council of the coalitionhas asked for such as action in the U.N. A delegation of the Resistance will be sent to the current session. It is quite possible that this issue will be raised in the gene - ral assembly ver soon, The Resistance hopes that muslim countries third world countries and the free world will support such a just dem- and. N E W S

i ERe T PROVINCE 2 -10-85 According to a report sent by the Jamiat Office in Meshhad, in the last week, Soviets have been trying to create problems to logestic lines of the Mujahideen in the Western and North- Western borders of :Lfghanistan. The enemy launched aerial and.ground attacks on Ghoryan and Kohsan districts which are located close- to the border. As a result of these operations 60 people including 20 Mujahideen were martyred and some others were injured. Material losses for the people in the area were heavy. The report adds that Mujahideen destroyed two tanks and killed or wounded 120 Soviet -DRA forces£ The report says that Mujahideen of Bad - ghis district killed Bashira the Secretary of the W6men's Burea of the Communist party. TAKHAR PROVINCE 10.-94i,5 Soviet -BRIT. forces attacked Mujahideen positions in Khawja Ghar pist- rict with a relatively large force. Some days before the attack the Mujahideen had captured three Khad agents and the enemy attack was in retaliation. The enemy .lost three tanksand trucks, and 28 men. Two Mujahids were martyred and one injured. Mujahideen cooperated with each other and this ensured the enemy's failure. After two days the Soviet attacked the area again and set many houses on fire. BAGHLAN PROVINCE 5 -8 -85 Enemy forces attacked3villages in Hasantal (near Baghlan city) and surrounded. them. The enemy retreated after seven hours of fighting. Fourteen enemy soldiers were killed andsoma others inju.red.One lujahid was martyred and another was seriously wounded. It should be noted that Hasantal front is headed by Arbab Jumma AFGHAN NEWS -... No. . i3 0..85 p.49;. *two vim ..

MAZ.AR PROVINCE 9 -9 -85 The enemy attacked Mujahideen positions in Sholgar District. After 24 hours of fighting, the enemy was forced to retreat. Three tanks and3trucks were destroyed and some enemy soldiers were killed or wounded. Two Mujghids were killed and 4 others injured in the operation.

13 -8 -85 The enemy attacked Mujahideen positions in Nahri Shahi District. The Mujahideen fought well. After five hours of fighting the enemy retreated lossing three tanks and some men. One soldier was.capt- .ured along with his AK -47. One Mujahid was martyred.

14 -8 -85 Mujahideen from the Eastern parts of Mazar Sharif'captured a Khad truck when it was on the way to Ha°yratan Port on the Soviet border. r 13 -8 -85 Mujahideen set an ambush in Charsang village and captured two prom-

inent members óf the Father Land. Front. These two agents namely , Sham - cutsul Haq and. Xhalifa edMohammad Gui Ware.., tried by a court arui -than- :axe. 2-9--85 Mujahideen attacked Father Land Front positions in Koshak area and captured 40 different types of weapons. USE OF NEW SOVIET WEAPONS In their last attack; the Soviets used some new weapons against Muj- ahideen in the Panjshir valley. y One of the new weapohs used in this attack was a long -range rocket (80 km) which is fired from their bases outside the valley. These rockets can spread anti -personnel mines. In the last attack the Soviets also used 245mm mortars which have a shell of 130 kilograms. They have brought four of them inside the. valley. Mujahideen have captured some of its shells which are as tall as an average man.

The Red Army has started to use a type of wire -guided rocket,. These rockets are either launched from a helicopter or a portable launcher. The Soviets have started to make extensive use of seismic mine's (theses mines are known as wave mines among Mujahideen). These mines are planted by Soviet soldiers and the DRA forces know nothing about them. The Soviets have started to make use of night seeing devices for tac- tical missions. They stage raids and ambushes at night and penetrate Mujahideen controlled areas under the cover of darkness. Since the Mujahideen do not havethis equipment, this could pose a serious threat AFGHAN NEWS No-. 16 22-:10485 P-50

TO BE USEFUL; BE A,:GOOD MUSLIM

For an Afghan to be a. useful ;element in the. Jehad against the-: Soviet invaders, he must be a good muslim. In other words, a secular element, a so-'called anti -Soviet leftest, an un- disciplined loose lib- eral or a blind nationalist can not serve the cause of Jehad in an effective way. The question is why? the answer is simple. Islam has a dominating effect on all sides, ©f an Afghan15'life. Any element which does not agree totally with this way of thinking , faces the opposition of the masses whom he wants to

servos For such'an element there' is no position other than to adept . a two faced policy. On one hand he must show to his own people that he is a good muslim ,on the other hand he must work covertly for his own aims. This type of man must hide in one of the. Islamic parties to, protect himself while working tì}rough illegal means tò reach his undeclared aim .He is a saboteur in that party and makes its weak. We have besen witness to the weakening of some Mujahideen parties as a result of this type of infiltration. The effects of their work is contrary to the interests of the people and useful for the enemy.More

than that, when these people are rejected they feel frustrated and ... sometimes even join with the enemy to take rev ige. 'SAMA' is a good study case. Some foriegn elements and groups have tried to encourage these people and have even provided funds and moral support but with no success.. The theories of some of these people may be appealing to some fòrie- gners but they are not acceptable to the people of Afghanistan and they will never succeed.. Only a good muslim can be useful to the cause of the Jehad.

MUJAHIDEEN DELEGATION' The coalition of Mujahideen parties sent a number of delegates to New York last week to participate in the 40th General Assembly discussion on the problem of Afghanistan. The delegation was headed by Gulbudin Hekmatyar the current spoksman for the coalition.

The members are s 1- Eng.A. Abdul Rahim'from Jamiat Islami 2- Din Mohammad from Hezbi Islami (Khalis group) 3 -Dr. Zabihullah from the National Salvation Front 4- Mr. Loodin from Harakati Enqilab 5- Saijogi from Nifa 6- Zuriaro.k Yasir from pro f. Sayyaf party... AFGHAN NEWS No., 16 . 22-10-85 DashtiMujahideen30 -9 -85 Deh fromYahya Jamiat villages attacked with groundKabul Airportto ground from rockets Payrnenar (MBRL). and REPORT FROM KABUL N E W S TwoTherocketdamaged. helicopters next hit 'dayThe a N3ilitorystorethe were Soviets atdestroyed theSchool bombardedAirport closeand fiveand theto settheothersuspected itAirport onaircraft fire.villages was partiallyalso which hit. eau One - wounded.sed1 -10 considerable-85 damage to the village buildings. One villager was werewayMujahideen neardestroyed Qalai from andMurad Jamiat their Baig ambushed crew (about were an20 killed. enemykm. from patrol Kabul along city). the TwoSalang tanks high- SALAIQG TenAnand enemy Soviets 15 othersconvoy and4 -10werewas17 puppet attackedcaptured. troops by Mujahideen were killed, of J.I.A8 puppets at -85South were Salang.injured hadTheFourcaptured noattackAPCs, casualties. 30twowas different truckscarried The and typesnextout one underofday Soviet guns the the andSoviets tankcommand one were, Rlanded of-405 destroyed.Pannah. communication Commandos Mujahideen Mujahideen at set.Cook- - lamslishItTan_ should (aFreelance oivilians side be valley:noted journalist (mon that ofand Salang)_ thiswoman) Andy ambush Skypzoviak.woreand wasburntkilled. filmed a Itnumber willby the ofbe houses.wellon Television -known Eng- soon.This10-10-85 offensive was started with three days of heavy bombardment of DISTRICTSOVTET OFFENSIVE OF WARDAK AGAINST PROVINCE CHAK KandaharHeavyChaktroops district artillary byhighway helicopters and units andDimirad bombarded of and thesub enemy-district. the villageshad taken After and position three other days positionsalong they the landed ofKabul- the moved their armoured columns by the road.. inMujahideenTheand Chak offensive APCs area. and Theycontinuedshot killeddown forone 80 tenhelicopter.Soviet days, -DRA soldiers,Sixty six destroyedMujahids and9 tanks civilian he Mujahideen resisted well in Mostwereciviliansardment. ofkilled the A were deathsduringlarge wounded numberwerethis causedduringoperation of houses bythis theand wereattack. heavy32 destroyed.others aerial were andMany taken artillery Mujahideen as prisoners bomb- and AFGHAN ,NEWS No, 16 22 10-85

Chak District is a beautiful Walley which has been liberated for a long time. Fortunately there is an understanding between the different Mujahideen groups. Jamiat is well- established in this area. NORTH SALANG 5- 10-:85 Soviet forcés attacked the Jamiat base in Bajgah (at the mouth of the L.ndarab valley) and fighting continued for seven days. No details of casualties from either side -have yet been given.

PANJSHIR VALLEY 8 -10 -85 The enemy landed commando troops in Shotol valley (a small valley: parallel to the Panjshir main valley). Severe fighting took place between, them and Mujahideen. One hundred enemy soldiers were killed. No figure for Mujahideen casualties is given in the report.

5 -10 -85 Soviets have intensified the aerial bombardments of the Panjshir valley. In one day they dropped 100 bombs in Tul and three hundred in Mokoni side.valley, Fighting against enemy convoys is continuing in Malaspa and Astana (the two villages of Bazarak). Theseconvoys resupply the two bases of Pushghoür and Baharak. U.S. TRADE WITH THE PUPPET REGIME The American government speaks openly against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and does not recognize the pupptat regime of Babrak, Karma'.

But Afghanistan has been given a "most favorite nation status" in

trade. Among other things, Americans are selling spare aeroplane . parts to Ariana.Airlines. Tradewith the puppet regime r _25mil- lionDollars each year. We do not know how the American governmentcan answer to this contradict -ory policy. Any relationship of this kind is considered by the Mujahideen as nn unfriendly action toward the Afghan people who are fighting against the Soviets and their puppets. This type of relationship can create doubts in the mind of ordinary Afghans about U.S policy towards Afghanistan. WONDERS OF JEHAD sole 1- In the Pushghoor operation_ which took place in July of the current year, 60 Mujahideen defeated and captured more. than .500 of the enemy soldiers with only two casualties.;_ 2- After the. Pushghoor operation the Soviets launched a massive .attack against a a narrow side valley called Mokoni. The purpose of the enemy was to rescue prisoners ofwar. About 400 people including local

Mujahideen, local people and a great number of Mujahideen from outside . the valley were caught in the. attack. The narrow valley 'was sealed by Soviet commandos who landed by helicopters. Throughout the day Jets and helicopters dropped bombs and the enemy artillery and long -range rockett were pounding the valley.At the end of the day all the people escaped from tho enemy encirclement and only one lady was martyred. AFGHAN NEWS o. ------N 17------31-10-85 P-53 THE ROLE OF THE WOMEN IN THE JEHAD Our war against the Soviet invaders is a war against aggression This type of wart which is fought for a just cause, is called"Jehad". Jehad is a duty of every male and female in a muslim community. Like any other form of worship it falls on the shoulders of the individual and of society.: The history of Islam tells the story of women who have. fought with arms or have helped the fighters by providing food and medical care. The wife of the prophet (peace-be upon him) was'one of these.

In our war against the Soviet invaders, Afghan women play an active role. In Afghanistan, because of the presence of a large nuMbel4of men usually more than the number of guns we have, there is nó need. for women to be involved in battle activities. But Afghan women, c'óntr- > ary to what is commonly believed, are not sitting and doing nothing to support the Jehad. They are helping their sons, brothers and husb- ands in preparing food and taking care of wounded Mujahideen. Their encouragements boost the morale of the fighters. Some brave Afghan women have even taken part in armed combat. If the ourside world does not see-evidence of women's participation in the Jehad it is because of cultural and religous considerations.

Our women help the Jehad in our own way and their support is is vital for its continuation. It is not possible for a man to fight if he lacks the support, of his wife tmother or sisters. The percentage of women sympathetic to the cause of the Jehad is higher than non-combat- ant Men. This is because the womenfolk are more vulnerable to Soviet atracitios than men. Staying within the limits of our culture and religious beliefs, the Afghan'resistance enjoys the full support of the Afghan women. Demon- strations and other activities by our sisters against the Soviet invaders is proof of this. NEWS POSSIBLE LARGE OF/ENSIVE AGAINST PANJSHIR 22-10-85 Intelligence reports reaching Mujahideen say that the Soviets are pia-- nning a large offensive against the Mujahideen in and around the Panj- shir. This offensive may cover the areas of Andarab, Khost, Kohistan and Salng. It seems that the attack against the neighbouring areas will be carried out with the purpo Sé. of isolating the Panjshir. Mujah- ideen expect the attack at any moment. Some forces have already! started entering the valley under the guise of resupplying existing bases. Mujahideen have recently destroyed six tanks and six trucks and killed 44 soldiers of the new forces. AFGHAN: NEWS No.. .17 -31 1p-8j ....+_P- 43

A Soviet high- ranking military officer was killedwhile his tank travelling from Anawa to Rukha was ambushed .' Thé t ,,nk was des t- royed and 8 Soviet soldiers who were accoMpanying, °theofficer were killed. Four AK-74 guns were captured in the ambush.

In the last three weeks, the Sovietslaunched a simultaneous attack against the Mujahideen of Shakar Dara, Estalif,Ashaba,, Ghorband, North and South lan_gs9Larkhab and Andarab. They made use ofhe1iborn. troops in these attacks and nowthey have retreated from all theseareas- REPORT FROM HERAT PROVINCE 8 -10 -85 Mujahideen attacked Shinadand Airport. Thirty -tankswere,destroq-ed and the hospital building was damaged. The 'report does notsay any thing about how the attack took place. This could be the work of aling -range rocket attack oìßsabotage. . 15 -10 -85 Mujahideen from Jamiat in Herat attacked government posts inZendajan and Ghoorat district. Thirty five enemy soldiers were killedand 25 others were captured with their weapons. Mujahideen also captured a Khad agent during the operation.. Two I1iujahids were martyred. PARWAN PROVINCE 8 -9 -85 Mujahideen from Jamiat exploded a bomb in Charikar city. As a result . of this 6 communists were killed and 3 others injured. One government truck was destroyed and a building which housed the communist party office was damaged.

14 -9 -85 A bomb was planted near the Father Land Front and communication buildings in the center of Charikar city. Twenty 'communists werekilled in the explosion and the two buildings were damaged. 16-9-85 Atime bomb was planted in one of, the restaurants where members of Khád were meeting. In the explosions seven communists Werekilled and ten others were wounded.

28-9-85 A bombexploded in the police headquarters in Charikar city(40 km. North of Kabul). The bomb was planted by Mujahideen from .7amiat. A large number of policemen and their officers were killed and the building wat completely destroyed, THE OCCUPIED KABUL UNIVERSITY The Communist Coup and then the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has changed the peaceful atmosphere of educational institutions, the most important being university of Kabul. AFGHAN iVEVS. No, 17 P*35

Kabul University is guarded by armedmen 24 hours a day and this is done by party members, Khad anda police unit which iS stationed permamently inside the campus..

There is a party structure in each facultyand party members closely watch the students and teachers. TheUniversity party branch supervises party activities in the wholeUniversity. The head of the University branch is the strongestman who decides about important matters including the appointment of officialsand professors. The level of the education is droppingeach year because the rain purpose of this University is not. to produceeducated people. Its aim is to serve the party. Illiteratestudent from the tenth class in high schoolsi otter the.untvoreitywithout taking an exam after military service. Presence in theclass is not necessary-.for party people. Passing the exam and promotionto the higher class in not bound to understanding thm subject, fr The faculty of Engineering, whicihwas famous for hard work and discipline has been closed. Somenew faculties for social studies have been establishedon Soviet style. This last year 80% of all the students haae been girls and theremaining 20% are men wht' are party members or Khad agents.

Most of the experienced professorsof the University have been killed,jailed or have left thecountry. The new professors are those who have graduated from the SovietUnion and other Eastern bloc cou-

ntries. There are many Soviet advisors inKabul University who give directions. The Kabul University oftoday is notasit was before the invasion. Like all the other thingsin Afghanistan, it has- been spoiled by the. Soviet invaders.

PAPER MORE FRIGHTENING. THAN THE GUN

Sometimes Mujahideen spreadleaflets in the Russian language. In these leaflets they address theordinary Soviet soldiers and other officers and remind them of thecrimes they are committing against the innocent people of Afghanistan. Onone occasion some of these leaflets were spread in one of the Soviet basesnear Salang. A large number of Soviet officers and soldiers recieved these leaflets . The Soviet authorities started a major searchoperation and put many of the officers and soldiers in jail. One ofthese officers who was going on leave was searched in Tashkant Airport andone of the leaflets was found in his. pocket. He was sent back toKabul for interrogation.

r It seems that the Soviet high commandin Afghanistan is afraid of the facts reaching their soldiersand officers. AFGHAN NEWS ITo..._.17 .. 31-1®-19.85 . P- 56

They have told them lies and now they want to keep them in the dark. It is possible to decieve people for a time but to deceive . everyone for ever is impossible. WINTER HAS COME The first snow has fallen in Afghanistan and a hard winter has started. Tens of thousands of peoplewho have lost their houses and belongings are facing severe problems. Lack of food= shelter and warm cloth is making winter more difficult. The Soviets are preparing for a winter offensive. Only faith in Allah and love .. for freedom makes them stand firm 4nd continue their struggle. Allah be with them. AFGHAN NEWS No. 18 11-11-1985 P-57

ARE THE SOVIETS. CIVILIZED For the Soviets and their allies this questionis irritating. For the majority of the people even those who opposethe Soviets political way of thinking, the answer is a positive one..But the facts in Afghanistan refute this accepted view.. In our country there are about 200,000 Sovietcitizens (military and non-military personnel) and we watch them in combatand ordinary life. We have witnessed the following facts from Sovietcitizens: -They steal from Afghans and even their own government on alarge scale. -They desecrate mosques, shrines and religous books. -They burn houses, shops and other buildings. -They kill cattle for target practise and for fun. -They cut limbs from animals to eat without killing themfirst. -They defecate on furs inside the house. -- -They mix different types of food tagether to make itunxseable. -They kill innocent 'civilians and set their bodies on fire. They throw chemicals on the faces of dead bodies to make them

, - ' unrecognizable. 0 -They ;plait mines and boby-traps in houses and farms. Themain victiks of these are the children. -They cut fruit trees for fuel. They bomb irrigation channelslea- , ving the trees todie. lo -They take off docirs, windows, and beams to use asfire wood. --Where their soldiers camp, they foul the area Several monthsafter they have left there is still abad odour. The question can be repeated neng in a slightly different way. Can we call a person who does these things a civilized man ? The Soviets are claiming that they have built a societybased on high moral standards, but what they are doing in Afghanistan re- veals their true nature. NEWS HERAT PROVINCE 27-10-85 In a series of attacks against enemy posts in Ghoryan andKohsan districts oferat province, the Mujahideen have been able to kill 250 of the puppet regimes militias. During these operationSoviet- DRA forces surrounded the city of erat with a large number of APCs and tanks. They carried out' a house to house search of thecity. Many of the civilians had taken refugee in the city's big mosque. Several rocket and artillery shells of the enemy hit the mosque as a result of which 40 people werekilled and 80 others wounded. The minarets of the moque were also hit and destroyed. It shouldbe mentioned here that the mosque qf Herat is one of the mosthistorical mosques of Afghanistan. No. 8 11-11-1985 . P-58 AFGHAN.. .. NEWS......

Radio Kabul is blaming the Mujahideenfor this uncivilized action,

30-1.0-85 Mujahideen of Jamiat in Gulran Districtwhich is located in the N.W of Herat province, attacked puppetregime positinos. They killed 5 Comunist officers including AliMohammad the Commander of the Border Regiment-orthe puppet regimeand captured the following wealpons: 1- ZPU ...... One. 2- Fortars ....Two- 3- AK-47s five They also captured some food. BADGHIS PROVINCE 17.9-85 Mujahideen from Jamiat attatked.the enemypost in galai Naw and killed 13 communists. They also aaptured8 AK-47s and One heavy maohinagun belonging to ihe enemy forces.In another attack whioh took-lace on the same day, Mujahideen 1illed 7 of thebnemysold- ift4a:Dand captured 7 different types of guns.

32-9-85 Mujahideen of JamiatattaskedeeneWpositi.ons In Qade distriot of Badghis prolrince. They captured one officer of thelicalgovernmOni with four other communists alongwith L. AK-47s 2 Grinove machine guns and some ammunition.The-report adds that on the same day,Muja.. hideen attacked an enemy Convoy whichwas'en-route to gades. Ono tank was destroyed and 3 trucks were captured. Thesetrucks were loaded with food, An unknown number of the onomysoldiers were killed or wounded. EAGHLAN PROVINCE 6-10-85 The Soviets launched an air and groundattack against the Mujahideen, in Nahrin district. Fourty Jets andhelicopters took part in the bombardment and landing of troops, After sixhours of heavy fighting they left the area. A large number ofhouses were damaged and two women and one man were killedduring the operation.

8-10-85 In an ambush in Nahrin district Mujahideen ofJarniat killed two important members of the Khad and puppet regimemilitia. NANGARHAR PROVINCE 17-10-85 Mujahideen of Jarniat attacked a government postin Kama district, Two puppets were killed'and one wounded. ------22-10-85 Mujahideen from Jamiat in Kama district attacked thegovernment post Fighting continued for three hours. Enemy planes attackedMujahideen positions. woundedAFGHANOne enemy NEWSduring soldier the operation.was killed and2others captured. One Mujahid Io 18 11-11-1985 P-59 was partiesMujahideenting17 -10 continued-85 attacked of Jamiat forthe fivemilitiain co- hours. operationposts Three of La.lpoor withmilitias Mujahideen sub were -district. kiUed from .andother Figh- two Mujahideen17others -10 -85 wounded. attacked One enemy Iujahid militias was who.injured had set an ambush against, . during this operation. killedrefugees21 -10 -85 Mujahideen in Kama district, captured twoone enemysingle soldiers -fire rocket were woundedlauncher. á.nd bne Mujahideenferedregime's no militias..casualties.of Jamiat inTwo Ghosta militias district were. wounded.c,ashcd. Thewith Y'ujahidaen the_ puppet puf- f ndeddistrict.î'u29 -10 jahideen the-85 suspectedFighting clashed continuedMujahideenwith enemy for. positions.forces several.hnurs, in .tho. Tho. Garo Mujahideen 'not One Enemy planesarea pou- of Goahta

man and three of them were wounded. Some shops in the area wore sat . convoyMujahideen28on -10 fireby -85 on the fromthe Kabul-Xandahar enemy.Jamiat in Sayed highway. Abad districtOne APC wasattacked destroyed and six WARDAK PROVINCE an enemy Threeturedpeoplean thesoldiers 9 including AK-orders -47s were andof Captain capturedtheone local.PK- Zulmai judge. were Inamong this thoseoperation who machinegun.. by the Mujahideen, .but were released Mujahideen wore.cap- killed. TswereThe u same jahideenset convoyon fireof Iwas ahazand also oneZPUattacked ambushed. -2 the with one truck by Harakat Mujahideen. Two tracks were captured. turedSayed by Abad Mujahideen. as .a result of which three trucks full SOVIET DIRTY_" GAME same convoy in Haft, -Asia area of of food - wore.iap- MujahideenIrancellsdrug to trafficking.which the sources westernwould havesmuggleThe markets. foundKhad hashish hasthat The been the Scvic'!so have Soviets haveand given heroin permission through Pakistantogiven the and job off organizing a hand behind bandsistangrow inopium havethe. andWests.Sc'uth,a freehand hashish in South the -Eastoccupied areas of Afghanistan. Militia this business. and. East border areas of Afghan- .. AFGHAN NEWS No, -1 8 11-11-1985 P-60

It seems that the Soviets do this for the following reasons: 1- To defame the Pakistan and Iranian governments who are sympathetic to the cause of Afghan people. 2- To get hard cash which istemuch,me-eded. 3- To create problems for western societies. 4- To defame the afghan resistanze by waging propaganda that the

Mujahideen are involved in the, drug business. . It should be mentioned here that the Mujahideen's organized fronts are using every means to fight against the drug business and drug use, Growing opium and hashish is forbidden in the liberated areas controlled by this front. The use of drugs and the buying or,selllng of it is punishable under Islamic. law.

HIGHER EDUCATIOY FOR. AFGHAN STUDENT Afterthe-Tommunist Coup of 19"t8, education in Afghanistan faced real problems. After the Soviet invasion the whole system collapsed. For the people of Afghanistan the first priority became the defence of their,country. As the war continues and.no immediate solution is in sight, the question qf the educatien of the Afghan children must be raised. There are some primary level schools and the Mujahideen themselves are running others, but the problem of higher education remains un- solved. Thousandr, of university and high school students left school and joined the resistance. The resistance feels that these people should continue their studies to be able to serve the Jehad better.

Eut the nossiblities are very small . The number of Afghan student wilô attend higher education institutions around the world each year does not exceed two hundred. On the other-hand the Soviets are sending tens of thousands of people to the Soviet Union and Eastern block countries each year to study. This-development put the resistance in a bad position'and could be very dangerous for the future of the Afghan nation. We believe that muslim, third world countries and those around the world-who are opposed to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan should pay attention to this problem. They should have a quota to admit Afg- han students each year. This form of humanitarian aid does not create many problems.

It is the duty of the coalition of Afghan Mujahideen to raise the issue with friendly countries and try to find a reasonable Solutiön AFGHAN NEWS No. 19 23-11-1985 p..161

WHO IS WINNING THE RUSSO-AFGHANWAR Any battle is fought with the aim to win. The purpose of each side is to defeat the enemy. In the case of the Soviet-Afghan war the Soviet Union as a super power is trying to defeat the people of Afghanistan. If they win a compaign here and there, it can not be counted as a

victory. Destroying a mud-house , killing a donkey and setting a harvest on fire with their sophisticated weapons is neither bravery nor success. It is cowardness of a modern type which causes embarrassment and frustration. If they loose a compaign it is shaming. A nation with a few pri- mitive weapons is shooting down SU-25 Jets, MI-24 Helicopters and destroying T-62 and T-72 modern tanks. For the Soviet Union as-a super power the achievement is not something to boast about, while their defeat is very embar;rassing. They are loosing in both cases. It is the Afghan who is winning. If he is killed he will be a mar- tyr whom people respect and if he kills he is a champion and can be proud. This-is all because the Soviets are not fighting for a just cause, they are aggressors and the end of any aggression is embarrassment sand frustration. ANDKHOY DISTRICT (FARyAB PROVINCE' 10-885 Soviet-DRA forces besieged villages of Khane Charbagh sub-district. There were about. 150 enemy tanks and APCso aerial cover was provided by 8 helicoptersi-The Mujahideen resisted well and under cover of darkness broke the enemy lines and retreated safely. The Mujahideen killed six soldiers and captured 2 AK-47s and destroyed two-tanks. The Mujahideen ambushed a group of militia in Khane Charbagh sub- district and killed 15 of them and.captured5others, 18 AK-47s and 2 RDP machineguns were captured by the Mujahideen. The enemy retaliated with aerial and artillery bombardipents of the area which causedthedeathof 20 innocent civilians. Four Mujahids were also killed during the operation.

8-10-85------The enemy attacked the position of the Mujahideen in Khane Char- bagh district and tried to besiege it with a large force. Mujahideen clashed with them, killed some soldiers and destroyed3armoured cars.

Three Mujahids were injured . On the same day the DRA forces attacked the kujahideen villages. Fighting took place between the two sides. More than 10 soldiers were killed One Mujahid was martyred. The enemy bombed the villages heavily as a result of which 15 civilians were martyred. AFGHAN NEWS No..' PANJSHIR19 VALLEY 23-11-1985 11-62 Mujahideenoil-tankers,24-10.435 of Shutul28 trucks attacked full ofan ammunition,enemy convoy of the enemy men were killed. two tanks and one APC in Salang. Fourty werepost.Fujahideen26-10-85 destroyed Fifteen from andenemy Fanjawoor a largesoldiers number(a werevillage killed of Bazarak) attacked an enemy and 5 others captured. Muja- hideen-----2-11-85Four trucks--captured and 11 tanks guns. were One destroyedMujahid was and killed during 60 enemy soldiers were killed., the operation. MujahideenkilledFour(a sideSoviet by valley Dschkpositiòns soldiers firein Aukha) inwhenwere Tawakh. attackedakilled group when ofthem enemy Mujahideen .Fourteen soldiers ofenemy wantedChemal Warda..to attack soldiers wire Eujahideenand29-10-35 killed ambushed 50 of them. an invading The enemy unit was of planning the enemy an attack against forces in Bazarak the arak).capturedkJujahldeen.when they entered On 11the armed saea mine day, 2RA field 1,:ujahideensoldiers. planted Seven ofby Mujahideen. Astana (a villagesofdiers of Baz-were killedof Bazarak). Two tank were Eightdestroyedin30-10-85 the enemy levier by soldiersland part mines of were thein killedPanjshirFalaspa by (a valley)Mujahideen village and in,Tawakha tank was destroyed. (a village fstank1-11-85' the wereresult set of on Mujahideen fire in Jangalak firing heavy(a village weapons, Koor ambushed an enemy con- ofEazarak). On the 4 trucks and one voyl'ujanideen5-11-85same which day wasMujahideen ofcoming Chemal from Warda Anawa attacked and Zaman the enemy post from Gulbahar to Anawa. which is located partualtiesin the of bighasthe mosquebeenPanjshir given. of Rukhais Ita youngshouldand destroyed man be namednoted it. that No thefigure Gul Haider who has one art- is the last person Commander of this for enemy cas- ificial-----_--to11-11-85 retreat leg. from the battle ground. e takes part in all the action and NANGARHAR PROVINCE werewereosedSoviet..DRA destroyed martyredof about forces andand300 86 7differentattacked otherssoldiers wounded. Mohmandtypes were of Dara tanks, area. APCs The enemy fprc killed and wounded. Three Mujahids and trucks. Two APCs S comp- AFGHAN NEWS No.. 9 23-11-1i985

U.N DEBATE A BIG VICTORY The United Nation General Assembly passed a resolution which called for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan. The resolution was passed by 122 in favour which is a record for the past 6 years.

The only weak point of the resolution was the absence of the Soviet Union's name as the foreign intervening force. We believe that no matter how soft the wording of the resolution was, the Soviets will reject it as they have done during the past 6 years. On the other hand a soft resolution will not put enough eres- sure on the Soviets to revise their policies in Afghanistan. What the Soviets are doing in Afghanistan is not a minor mistake. They are busy destroying a country and ruininga culture. They. des-. erve to be called aggressors and this is the name they have gained throught their actions. If we do not name the Soviets as invaders'they take it as a sign of weakness and try to exploit it. The peace -loving and free world people is expected to be bold, honest and just in all its decisions. Every body including the Soviets themselves know that they are invaders. Let us call them by their true names. A TWO PRONGED POLICY

While the Soviets final aim is the pacification of Afghanistan, their. tactics vary from time to time. Mujahideen sources have found that now the Soviets are working on a. two pronged policy against the Mujahideen. 1- They want to establish garrisons at district and sub-district level. From there they will carry on their political and military work in the countryside. 2- They wants to disturbe the logistic lines of the Mujahideen. They will do this by direct military or subversive means. They have started their works in these two directions and it is expected that after the winter their activities will intensify; BIG TALKS AND THE REALITIES There is a great deal of publicity concerning foreign aid for the Muj- ahideen. Some papers talk of several hundred million Dollars worth of arms being sent to them. But facts on the ground show that there is no change in the quality of weapons which the Mujahideen are using and there is still a shortage not only of arms but ammunition as well. On the other hand the Soviets are introducing new weapons and pouring ing in more troops. AFGHAN NEWS No..19 23-11-19.85 P-64

The Mujahideen development is not proportional to,the Soviet policy for an escalation of the war. As time passes the gapi. increasing. When we compare the big talk: with the reality inside our country, we find that the great diffei.enve between the talk-emmit real-=bilo..n.- causes increasing frustration. What we need is lees talk and more action. While more talk and less action serves the cause of our eherny the Soviets. 4-72-rt985 p- 65 AFOHAN'. NEWS No. 20 4-12-1985

WHAT TYPE OF-PEACE-F PEACE

During the Geneva summit talks thewives of the two leaders also met together and exchangedviews. The wife of the Soviet leader in ameeting which took place in the building of the InternationalRed Cross talked about pertmeand the need to preserve it. To other people who are livingin peace and not facing theSoviet war machinar'', thesespeeches about peace seemsencouraging. They think that the Soviets have changedtheir way of thinking about.. other cpuntries and people. Thisis why we are calling theattent- tien of the world to see the truthabout the situation inAfghan nistan, to compare the Soviet's wordswith their actions. There... are about. 200,000 Sovietsoldiers in Afghanistan andalong border between the two countries. The war has continued fpr sixlong-years. Four million people been killed :., -wou- have become refugees , half a million people have nded or are missing. The whole countryhas become a free fire zone for the. Soviet soldiers and theiraeroplanes. A nation is dyingand a culture is beingruined. All this is done at theorders of the Soviet leaders and carried out by theirsoldiers. Soviet leaders talk in such a way that one may thinkthey are hot responsiblefor all that is being done to peopleof Afghanistan, their tanks are firing peace shells and their Jets andHe licopters are messengers of peace. Going to a department store,buying jewelry, talking to newsmen and wearing western cosmeticsdoes not haveany relationwith peace. While madam Gorbachev was singing peacesongs and somesimple- minded People :were clapping hands, theirJets were destroying ourvillages, killing our women, childrenand old'people.

While she was - talking about theprodperity and well -being of mankind their soldiers were busyin military operationsagainst innocent Afghans. We know the double standards which theSoviet leaders and other Communists used and we expect the restof the world shouldnet to trust those whose actions do notfollow their words. As long as the Soviets areoccupying Afghanistan andkilling Afg- hans, all the fine speeches of theSoviet leaders about peaceand x*o'grer ;lies and an attempt to deceivethe world. We hope the world will not be deceived bySoviets words. AFGHAN NEWS 20 4 -12 -1985. P-66 N E W S PANJSHIR VALLEY 21 -11 -85 According to a set plan, Mujahideen started-firing heavy weapons against the enemy throughout the Panjshir. In Pushghour nine outposts have been destroyed,29 soldiers and 8 officers (DRA) were taken prisoners. Nujahideencaptured 30 AK -47s and 2 PK heavy machineguns The enemy headquarters in Pushghour was hit. by 107mm rockets which caused many casualties among theenemy. One Soviet advisor was among those who were killed. In Zenai (a village 3km away from Pushghour), Nujahideen desti'oye4. a tank with all its personnel and captured 6 AK -47s. There are nó reports from other areas of the. Panjshir. On the same day the Soviets, after a heavy aerial bombardmënt, landed troops in Dara side valley. The eneinr is pouring more troops into the Panjshir by helicopters ; each day.

RAT PROVINCE 23 -10 -85 The Soviets launched a massive attack against Herat city.. The enemy operation which was conducteelanencirclement- suppression type of operation, continued for 15 days. Seventy foar helicopters, 24 Jets and more than 1000 AFVs took part in the operation. They bombarded different parts of the city from both the air and ground and caused a lot of material damages. The Mujahideen fought well and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. About 50 different types of. tanks, APCs and trucks were destroyed and a great number of Soviet and their puppet.broops were killed or wounded. Ten Eu jahic? s were martyred and others were wounded. It should, be mentioned here. that Herat is one of the major fronts in Afghanistan and is dominated by Nujahideen from Jamiat and commanded by Mohammad Esmail.

THE PEOPLE'S RESPONSE During the 5th and 6th Panjshir offensives, civilians evacuated the main valley and went to the side valleys. They had only prepared

enough óod for 40 days because the Mujahideenhad told them that . the offensive would only last that .long. Afterthree months when the people faced a severe food shortage and.a longcold winter, the local commander summoned the elders and consulted with .them about *hat to do with the women, children and old people who were facing shor- tages of food and lack of enough warm clothes.

The people's answer was simple and clear. The elders said to the. commander "Co and fight". We will be patient and stay with you. Our lives are not more precious than yours. God willing the enemy will be defeated ". AFGHAN NEWS No. 20 . 4-12-1985 P-07

This give new energy to the Commander and the Mujahideen. The war went,on for six months and the Soviets were forced to retreat from the area w This episode shows the support of Afghan people for the Jehad and explains why the Muj hideen have sred so long against the Soviet invadersi MUSLIM PRESECUTION IN BULGARIA

According to. reports recently published. by Amnesty International. the Communist government of: rlgair policy of isolating Ethnic Muslim Turks from their brothers around the world and forcing them to renounce their faith and give tip their Islamic names in favour of Bulgarian ones. Last year the authorities; imprisoned hundreds of its musl4m nat- ionals in the North and South of the. country and., killed .about 100 people by firing.at demonstrators Who were. peacefully protesting against the government's action.

Jamiat Islarni Afghanistan as an Islamic organization and strug-

gling for freedom s condemns such actions and the inhumane att- itude of Godless regimes against muslims any wherein the world. We support our Turkish brothers who are subjected to tyranny both morally and politircälly and hope that their struggle to preserve their faith and freedom will succeed. We draw thé world's aEtentioñ towards grievances of our nusIii brothers in Bulgaria and hope that the world community will fulfill its responsiblities in this respect. AFGHAN NEWS No. 21 17-12-1985 p..68

GENEVA TALKS AND OUR POSITION A New round of proximity talks between Pakistan and thé puppet regime will starte soon. It is necessary to clearifyour position on the issue once again.

We believe that the Geneva talks in the present form can not achieve any acceptable objectives. The two sides, the Afghan resistance who representing the nation and. the Soviets who have invaded Afghan- istan are not present.. at the ta)..kks.. The Soviets have sent the puppet regime there tm show their good- well, deceive world opinion,whiALL5against the Soviet invasion and win recognition for the puppet regime . Pakistan which has been affected by the influx of three millimn refugees, has numerous reasons to participate in the talks. But the ether side is still not ready to discuss the withdrawal of

Soviet tromps .

The Mujahideen do not have any representation in the talks directly or indirectly. While we consider the present Geneva talks useless and unproductive, we think it is better for the. Soviets to talk directly about the problems to the Mujahideen. The Nujahid- een represent the Afghan nation and control most Af the land in .gg- ti. hanistan. In the past the Soviets have talked directly with Mujahi- deen inside the country and have even signed some local military agreements. We believe there is no military solution to tho problem of Afghan- istan . The final solution must be diplomatic and political. While we continue the armed struggle, we are still trying to find political means to solve the problem. The key to the solution is the withdrawal of Soviet forces, the guarantee of non- interference in Afghan affairs, the people's choice of the future form of the government and the restoration of a non- aligned and Islamic status for Afghanistan. PA.NJSHIR VALLEY The enemay -post in- Da.ra- wiped- out

The enemy attacked Para valley from the air and ground. Para has seen many battles in the past but this time the purpose of the attack was different . The enemy wanted to establish a new post with the help of some local Khad agents who were living in Kabul. From 21 November till 2nd of Dec. asa result of severe clashes with the enemy more than 200 enemy soldiers were killed, ten tanks destroyed and 2 AK-47s captured. Mujahideen isolated the newly established post from their main forces in Keraman where the enemy arm- y oured units were. . On Dec. 2nd, the Mujahiueen launched a decisive attack against the post which had more than 300 DRA soldiers . In a severe clash 50 soldiers were killed, two helicopters were shot...,. AFGHAN MEWS No, 21 P-69 ommwom.,..ma.rme am ova w

down one of which was flówn by a Soviet pilot, and the rest of them escaped toward the Nooristan pass. They are being-persued by Mujahideen. During this period the enemy air forces bombed Dara continously

-22-11 85 ONO00.4.20..W.7.= An enemy convoy which was relatively large was attacked by-Mujah-

, s ideen near Anawa (aSoviet base in the lower part of the Panjsthir). Twenty seven tanks and trucks were destroyed and one hundred doid- iers were killed or wounded.

25,-11-85 .. A. Soviet outpost in Rucha was completely 'wiped out b¡r":::kujahideen of Chemal Warda. The outposts have usually up' to 40 soldiers and officers in then.

27:11-85 Mujahideen ofManjawoor (BAtzarak) attacked the'enemy,postof:Pqab Khan, killed some -soldiers and captured 6 A1-47s .onefmortar.and% one pair of binocliiars. On the same da-j, Mujahldeen- of Abdara attacked tan enecniposS. killing six soldiers including a Russian :woman. r-. 2/.01-5 A mobile unit commanded by Abdul Hakim'attaCked the-SóViet'base- in Anawa and killed 10 soldiers. 5-12-85 Mujoideen attacked the enemy posts in aUkha, killed713soldiers and destroyed the post. On-the same. day, 13 soldiers killed 5 of their officers including the Commander of the outpost and the Political ComniSsar and. .joined

:47ajahi4een of 1:-arandeh ( a side valley of 3asaral. brouht , .

with them 13 =-47s and one-l'a Mac:,ine(Tun.i' '

2-12-1985 Vujahideen aitackerd and enemy convoywhich was_7cing fron 3aharak to the lower'part of the -_,:anjshir valley. six:-tans and "IC .trucks were destroyed ,_and one helicopt shot down. 30 bokes of 11.14-7 'O.:munition were captured.

5-12-1905 Muja4ideen attacked tle Soviet basei:H.Aawa, e.lestroyinE two trucks

and... two buildings used by enemy troops. AFGHAN NEWS No. 21 V7-12-1985 P- 43 REPORT PROM S.LiNGr.. 24 -11 -85 Mujahideen attacked a.n enemy .convoyinSalang. They set on fire .,d.e.st.royed 8 APCs and one 35Keraz type trucLs full _ of ammunitiori, tank. ty. Soviet. a olrTiers . were .killed, 1 O-.AH-74 .gun,s._ and two .She,l.ka .. ,. achineu.ns were..captured.a These.were. . destroyed later because of their weight.. Soviet Helicoptersoperated in the Salang Fvalley.-.-.. throughout the night. REPORT------FROM P.ARWAN------v-___....m_ PROVINCE u¡2L}L7^4n Srnm P.ttacked .a . So`c::iptpastin Cru<1hcal.-Ly kil'.1 i.,,tg,. soma Sftvi.e t . soldiers,.Tho.= . enAmy r

S:UIlHNiARY.e.. E+OUTIOI 5 menilga:e Tha,..,rtu,pgt_. rogima'-s. radio repar%sd On: pen. 11 th, . wthFut r,f Jamia_t .Ï.9.l.a.m3 namely; s1- Qazi . Abdul Wa:hid ..2.-Abdul.-_N1o.baimaxl,-.3- Ja pan 4- i(ra 1 udin 5r-...Abcái 1.. Rao-ofhryd. been Tho- ekls=v;a0. A.gct:.inst them. ;were the. posse-claim-1 : of arma cx3rpls>aivecs.__arzt_ rzurti.-:

ciprs.t:l.sn. in .anti-at ata ae'uivi.tiaa< It ah.ould.ba. knswrt .thxa.t..all the teir.tn,g_Dln.00.s--;:tro_-by

:. thcs-_erdar 'elf ' go-C`a7.l,cQl .XoTi;.LX2tiona7.^y -=courtsraid. the._ .at?,iLaed. pap"?. .. sonicdo net _haveanyin-Rana-to do,f. end the.mnal.vorz. . In anytria1. tL'1^Soviets are the ones who dooidoo.bcut ths. Punis-. the. a.xtutien of pri- hment . Events show that . the_enemy a,nnounne s snnera after some military roperation nrsabotage work iscarried out in Kabul, Theso ©:xecutions aro a. typo4.2 reprisal againot ..the Mujahideen .People e.xa outed usually do no.17 have anydirect conn- ection' with crases they apes. accused of being invoivdd. These types of exeouti.ens are carried out todomoriL,tize the Mujgin hideen and give thn impression that thee. sccurityforces of the enemy aresuce onsfuiin tböi.r rai.as,.i_nn, We hope all c.irclon cone rnad withhumanrights abusae, shouldtakes nnticm of thove nases andtryto take proper measureto expose the of the poep10 of Afghanistan.The fui rass- violation..of therights. ponaiblities falls on thci shoulders of Sovietswho have .occupied Afghanistan with about. 2009000 troops for6years.

A. TRAITOR CAPTURED .

Two. weeks ago during -an operation gemo.soldiers werecaptured in the in thrz Pan j shin . Among them was a traitor who had a hand Commander Zabihullah of , Mazar. He in Abdul Jabarfrom MazA.r and. had boen accompanied by four others when he plantedthe anti -tank mina.. behind He-didnot have. any informatio -r..a1 out the reason and hands - these criminal act. He is. facing triai bycivil court in thePani.ahir Commander Zabihullah of 4azar who ran 43ri.ca of themoat capable.. f-iald commanders in'Afghanistan was killed lastnovember when his.Jeep hit a land mine piaxiteel bycomaen'mf 61$onta. . AFGHAN NEWS No. 22 28-12-1985 p-71

SIX YEARS OF OCCUPATION .011 The Red Army which was able to crush nationalist movements in Eas- tern Europe came to Afghanistan with the same type of expectations. After six years it is still bogged down in a war with no end in sight. Militarily, the Soviet Union is a super power equipped with the most sophisticated weapons. The. Soyiets have not hesitated to make use of any lethal weapons in Afghanistan if they have found it useful. They have been able to establish big air and ground bases and chains of security posts around the cities and along a few highways, but they have not solved the main problem of subjugating the Afghan people through the elimination of effective resistance. In the. year 1985 thn level of fighting was much higher and the. Soviets had a tough time which they are partially admitting. Soviet efforts to form a s*rong Communist government, have failed so far. Ideologically the. ComMrimists are further behind than they were in 1978, when they took power. Factional fighting between Khalq and

Parcham, to the lowest party level , has paralysed the puppet army and the Soviets have failed to bring them together. After six Year's of efforts no major- section of Afghan society .tas anoepted what they were offering. A few thousand militias and Father Land Front members arncheterogeneous elements which have joined the invaders because of threats, money or personal rivarries, not ideology. Soviet authori- ities are not happy about the performance of Red Army and are disa- ppointed about the puppet army. After the Pushghoor victory in the Panjshir a Soviet advisor attacked the puppet regime's defence minister verbally and called him an "incompetent donkey", The minister's face became red, he looked at the ground and could not say anything. On the political ground the Soviets are making every effort to give the puppet regime legal status. SomeJergas (traditional meeting of the elders) were convened and some local elections were announced. All this was down toshuw that the situation in becoming normal and the puppet regime is gaining the support of the people. On the Geneva talks the Soviets try to make the puppet regime a party to speak for Afghanistan. Now the. Soviets are insisting on direct talks with the puppet regime, If the resistance is not included in an agreement, no peace can be expected. Let us see what happens if the Nujahideen are not part of the deal. The Soviets may agree on a timetable for the withdrawal of their forces in return fdr the recognition of the puppet regime. The Mujahideen who are well-armed and well-established and independent from outside influence, will continuw to fight. If the Soviets are not participating in the war the Mujahideen would easily defeat the .. P-22

. 28-12-198_5 IFGHAN NEWS . No. 2 usually do, willblame for - puppet regime. The Soviets,,as they to stop the reg- iegn "forces for interferenceand would intervene recognized legal ime's fall. This time theywill come to defend a (Afghan people) regime.. Therefore theexclusion of the resistance problem,' but makes it from any political dealdoes not solve the more complicated. the people to The only key solutionto the problemis the right of interference. This iswhat determine their future without.forie.gn school of thought every country likesto have. This is what every natural preaches, Why then should Afghanbe excluded from this of the people rights. if they are notgiven this right the war by Afg- Afghanistan for total freedomwill continue, if necessary hans alone.. REPORT: FROM PANs SE1R

2. -12 -85 } valley. Ten sol -_ Mujahideen attacked theerfemy positions in Dara with -14 AK -47s and diers and one politicalCommissar wö^e-- c ptured one rocketlauncher.

10 -12 -85 (5km-- f: om Gulba- Mujahideen attacked three enemyposts in : ahi Sang small building.. `har) -and destroyed three tanks,two tents and one

11-12-85 in Rahi Sang,dsetr The Mujahideen ambushedan enemy armou?recä unit dyed one tank and threetrucks.

12-12-85 in Dara valley.Twenty Fighting is continuingaround Keraman garrison soldiers and two officers werecaptured with their weapons.

14 -12 -85 in Keraman, about100 Mujahideen attacked theSoviet -DRA garrison and an ammunition..dump soldiers were killed andwounded, one tali!: launcher) were were set on fire,3. ;AK -74s and one ACS-17 (grenade wounded. captured, Three Mujahids werekilled and six other were in the form of heavy Fighting along the wholevalley is going on garrisons and weapons fire. andambushes and raidsagainst the enemy outposts.

13-12-35 able to cross amine For the first timeMujahideen of Abdara were post, They killedall field (of siemictype) and attacked a Soviet 0schk and the soldiers in the postand captured one AK -74, one 43 boxes of ammunition.

16 -12 -85 of Rukha out- Mujahideen attacked a Sovietsupply helicopter in one -AFGHAN NEWS No. 22 28-12-1985 P-73

posts with an RPG -7. The planewas hit and set on fire, six Soviet soldiers were killed. 16-12-85 Soviets strenghtened their newly established garrisons inDara by landing 200 more Soviet troops. In the face of intensification of thewar all the party members of Par- wan province were flown into Baharak garrison (about 40km inside the valley). -42 -85 Ari enemy Jet was hit by Jschk fire in Hesarak sidevalley of :kha and set on fire in the air. It crashed outside the Panjshirvalley.

^t as 11P MINESDEFUSED for.the first time Mujahideenof Panjshir passed over siesmic-mines field and attacked a Soviet post. w Pine warfare in Afghanistan his becomingmore and more common. At the begining of 1985 the Soviets began touse siesmic mines. These mines - consist of a central device and six charges each 4 kgs. The central device activates ofie of the charges whensome one approaches the area.. The device can be adjusted to activate thecharge when one person approaches or ignore one person and activate it whena groupof people approach. Soviets use these mines to protect theirposts and also plant them in r!.ujahideen controlled areas afteran offensive. These mine fields are protecting posts and prevent demoralizedenemy soldiers from desertion. The Soviets have abondaned theuse of pressure mines in Panjshir because Mujahideen defused theca first and re- planted them against the Sovi- ets. Siesmic nines are new andare used by Soviet engineers. The puppet army does not know any thing about them. It is a good news our brave iujahideen havebeen ableo ± cover ways of defusing these mines. We will share the knowledge -Withcaer Mujahi- deen fronts to avoid. casualties. WHERE TO 3E SURRIED

The Soviet invasion has not only made millionof Afghans homeless it has also destroyed the resting places of millionsof Afghans who have died in the past. Afghans respect graveyards and visitthem on special occasion to say prayers for the souls of those who have passed. Nowthe Soviets are dri- ving their tankson graveyards and in.Panjshir have leveleda graveyard of about -500 years old to builda Helipad. AF GïkN NEWS : No. 22 . 28-12-1.98..5 P-.74

It was a custom among kfghans to recommend where theyA.40130_

buried. Now 4 million refugees are deprived of their right and the - other k fghans can not expect to be buried where they want because of the war situation.

.L lot of old Afghn men ands worien are suffering because. they' know th =eir souls. c.an not rest in the places where they were born. Soviets havc not only occupied our houses, they also have occupied our graveyards.

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