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Page 176 The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War
several districts in Nangrahar and Kabul Provinces. Some of these
groups were based more than 200 kilometers apart. Other groups
and a contingent of 70 former Afghan Army officers, who were used
to work with combat task forces, came from the NIFA central reserve
based in Pakistan.
I organized my force into five strike groups (task forces Bravo,
Charlie, Falcon, Gulf and Hurricane), two containment (holding)
groups (task forces Alpha and Delta), one reserve (task force Echo) and
one rocket launcher group (Saqar Rocket launcher). The force composition
follows:
A. NIFA's Kabul Province Eastern Sector Forces under the overall command
of Dr. Shahrukh Gran
1. Task Force Alpha
AO: Marora and Salamkhel Tangay
Number of Mujahideen: 350 .
Unit commanders: Sadiq Patang, Haji Sangeen, Mir Wali, Khawani,
Mirajan, Wrekhmin, Haji Habib, and Mo'alem Karim.
2. Task Force Bravo
AO: Debili
Number of Mujahideen: 393
Unit commanders: Janat Gul, Haji Mir, Gulbat, Sakhi Usmankhel, Ghulam
Rasoul
3. Task Force Charlie
AO- Kamkay Dargo
Number of Mujahideen: 276
Unit commanders: Mohammad Alam, Zaher Khan, Sahak, Sakhi Janikhel,
Majnoon
4. Task Force Delta
AO: Ghata Dargo
Number of Mujahideen: 411
Unit commanders: Noor Hasan, Sayed Rahman, Captain Zalmay, Afridi,
Gulab, Noor Rahman, Ruhullah.
5. Task Force Echo
AO: Dargo
Number of Mujahideen: 343
Unit commanders: Hasan Khan Kairokhel, Sartor, Asel Khan, Captain
Hashmat, Khalil, Ehsan
6. Task Force SSM (Saqar)
AO: Chakari targeting Kabul Airport
Number of Mujahideen: 100
Unit commanders: Captain Sediqullah, Zaher Kahn, Shinwari, Hanan,
Ghulam Haider, Umar, Hasan Khan, Momin Khan