Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War - Bennett Park Raiders

Page 8 The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War
launched sudden, surprise attacks in the close streets and alleys of the
villages and in the spaces between the villages. The fighting was
often at point-blank range. The fighting began in the morning and
continued until the late afternoon (Map 2 - Mamur 2). Soviet casualties
are unknown but we think that they were heavy. The Mujahideen
captured four AK-74s. Mujahideen casualties were seven KIA including
Sameh Jan. Most of the dead Mujahideen had run out of ammunition.
The Soviets captured the weapons of the dead Mujahideen
including some AK-47s, a Goryunov machine gun, an RPG-7 and a few
AK-74s captured from the Soviets in the past. As the Soviets got
involved in fighting, they stopped searching. As daylight waned, the
Soviets disengaged, took their dead and withdrew back to Kabul.
They did find and evacuate the body of their officer who Doctor
Khayat killed the day before. It was still lying where he was killed.