Afghan guerrilla warfare: in the words of the Mujahideen fighters 9780760313220, 0760313229
Provides reports from Mujahideen veterans and maps depicting locations and troop movements to explore how the Afghans fo
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English Pages xxii, 419 pages : maps ; 23 cm Year 2001
Table of contents :
Ambushes --
Ambushes at the Mamur Hotel --
Yet Another Ambush at the Mamur Hotel --
Ambush South of the Tangi Waghjan Gorge --
Ambush at Kanday --
Ambush on the Jalalabad-Asadabad Road --
No-Pula Ambush --
Two Convoys in the Kill Zone --
Ambush Near Abdullah-e Burj --
Deh-Khwaja Ambush --
Duranay Ambush --
Kandahar Ambushes --
Ambush at Qala-e Haidar --
Ambush at the Sadre Azam Hill --
Ambush at Mazar Creek --
Ambush at Qafus Tangay --
Sisay Ambush --
Raids --
Raid on the Totumdara Security Post --
Chamtala Raid --
Raid on Bagrami District Headquarters --
Attack on the Tsawkey Security Outposts --
Raid on Pul-e Charkhi Radio Transmitter Station --
Raid from Cheltan on Outposts in the Kabul Suburbs --
Raid on Mahipar Outposts --
Raid on Lataband Security Outposts --
Raid on Outposts at Wreshmin Gorge --
Raid on the Bridge Post in Alingar --
Shelling Attacks --
A Shelling Attack Turns Bad --
A New Years Present for the Soviets --
Attacking a Strong Point --
Taking Alingar District Capital --
The Battle for Panjwayee --
Attack on the Bodyalay Garrison --
Attack on Sorubay --
Storming Gula'i --
Destruction of the Bagh-e Mumtaz Brigade --
Mine Warfare --
Mujahideen Demolition Methods --
Mining attacks near Mehtar Lam --
Blocking Enemy Lines of Communication --
Carving up Regiments on the Approach to Wazi --
Blocking the Paghman Highway --
Road Block at Estalef --
Defense of a River Line and Road Block at Sayad --
The Defense Against the Soviet Operation "Magistral" --
Operation Gashey (Arrow in Pushto). The Battle for the Khairokhel Post --
The Battle for Spina Thana Base --
Siege Warfare --
Failed Siege at Urgun --
Dehrawud Offensive --
Defending Against Raids --
Soviet Raid on Mujahideen Hideout at Sayghani --
Battle for Alishang District Center --
Vision in the Bar Kot Valley --
Surprised by the Soviets in the Dara-e Nur --
Fighting Heliborne Insertions --
Soviet Heliborne Raid Achieves Surprise --
Soviet raid on Kanda --
Air Assault on Maro Stronghold --
Defending Against a Cordon and Search --
Battle of Baraki Barak --
Defending Against An Offensive in Paghman --
Battle for Kama --
Defending against a Cordon and Search Operation in Parwan --
Last Stand on the Islands Opposite Gerdi Kats --
Defending Base Camps --
Soviet Offensive through Surkh Rud --
Defending Surkhab Base Camp --
Fall of Surkhab Base Camp --
Loss of the Tor Ghar Base Camp --
Battles for Sharafat Koh Mountain Fortress --
Qala-e Naw Base Camp Defense --
Defending the Suburbs of Kandahar --
Defending the Malajat --
Battle for Chaharqulba Village --
Zhawar One --
Zhawar Two --
Krer One --
Krer Two --
The Fall of Chaghni Base Camp --
Counterambushes --
Caught in a Soviet Ambush --
Ambushed at Farza --
Blasting out of an Ambush --
Caught in a DRA Ambush --
Ambushed on the High Plain --
Fighting in an Encirclement --
A trip to the "Governor's House" goes bad --
The Battle for Musa Qaleh --
Escape from the Arghanday Encirclement --
Urban Combat --
Kidnaping a Soviet Adviser --
Four Urban Bomb Attacks --
Incident at Qala-e Jabar --
Afshar Ambush. Remote-control Attack on a Convoy in the Suburbs --
Attack on the Ministry of Defense --
Alcohol Can Be Deadly --
Raid on Balahessar Fortress --
Raid on the Kabul Metropolitan Bus Transportation Authority --
Weapons raid in Charikar --
Night raid on a city outpost --
Raid on Kandahar Communications Center --
Attack on KHAD Headquarters --
Raid on the 15th Division Garrison.
