Pictures from Afghan-Soviet War

[KhyberKhan]

Afghanistan, Kunar Province, August 1985: Commander Shapoor and 3 of his mujahideen (Yunus Khalis group) preparing for rocket attack on Barikot garrison.




Afghanistan, Kunar, August 1985: Mujahideen with Enfield rifles and RPG-7 on way up to Saohol Sar Pass.




Afghanistan Kunar October 1987: Partial view of Shultan Valley, with snow-covered Shigal mountains in background


Afghanistan Kunar October 1987: Commander Ajab Khan (Yunus Khalis group) with some of his men in Shultan Valley




Afghanistan Kunar October 1987: Jamiat-e Islami group shelter and "Dashaka" .50 cal. machine gun position in Shultan Valley





Afghan refugees in Munda camp, NWFP, Pakistan, December 1987




Afghanistan, Jaji, Paktia Province August 1984: Parts of Soviet helicopter that crashed and burned -- charred bones lay nearby




Afghanistan, Kunar, August 1985: Mujahideen descend from 3,200-m. Saohol Sar Pass down towards Sao village on the Kunar River





Afghanistan, Kunar, October 1987: Kids with "Zikuyak" Soviet-designed 14.5-mm anti-aircraft gun


Jaji, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, August 1984: Boy with two younger brothers fleeing the war



Jaji, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, August 1984: Mujahideen with the Quran, candles, rocket launchers and gun


Jaji, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, August 1984: Bomb crater became a swimming pool




Jaji, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, August 1984: Soviet bomb that dug a hole in the ground but did not explode



Jaji, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, August 1984: Camouflaged Dashaka 12.7-mm (.50 cal.) machine gun aimed at Ali Khel chownee (garrison)




Jaji, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, August 1984: Afghan (refugee or trader?) on his way to the lowlands over the border in Pakistan, passing a mujahed on his way to fight the "shuravi" (the Soviets and their partners)




Afghanistan, August 1984: Mujahed with Dashaka 12.7-mm Soviet-designed/Chinese-made anti-aircraft gun in Jaji, Paktia Province



Tari Sar observation post before mortar attack on Shigal Tarna garrison, Kunar, 1987




Mujahideen at sunset prayer, Shultan Valley, Kunar, 1987



Afghan mujahed Pazlimalek in bombed village, Chowgam Valley, Kunar, 1987




Bombed-out Sao village in Kunar Valley, Afghanistan, 1985


Afghan refugee kids in Munda camp, Pakistan, December 1987


Afghan refugee kids Munda camp Pakistan December1987

Soviet bomb in orchard Jaji Paktia Afghanistan 1984


Damaged Soviet 120-mm gun near Asmar-Afghanistan 1985

[Haris]

All these images were taken either in Wardak or are of Wardaks.
Wardak is famous for the fierce opposition and fighting against the Soviets. Support in the province was almost non-existent (as with most of rural Afghanistan) and it was a centre of much fighting due to its strategic location (on the Kabul-Kandar highway and its close proximity to Kabul).

[emkhan]

These guys are lovable