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

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area disguised as civilians and went to the north and west. We had two
wounded Mujahideen. We killed 12 Soviets, destroyed one jeep and
captured four weapons.
COMMENTARY: The Soviets had set a pattern of behavior which
enabled the Mujahideen ambushes. They used the same roads and
paths regularly. Their behavior toward the villagers made the
villagers willing accomplices in setting the ambushes and hiding the
Mujahideen and their weapons. The DRA had traveling propaganda/civil
affairs teams which provided entertainment, medical
treatment and pro-regime propaganda throughout Afghanistan. 9
Their actions, however, did not offset the effects of poor behaviour by
Soviet combat forces.
9 N. I. Pikov, "Vidy spetspropagandistskoy deyatel'nosti Armii Respubliki Afganistan"
[Methods of Special Propaganda Activity of the Army of the Republic of Afghanistan], Opyt
primeneniya Sovetskikh voysk v Respublike Afganistan [Experience applied by Soviet
Forces in the Republic of Afghanistan], Moscow: Institute of Military History, 1990,151-184
provides a good view of the composition and employment of these teams.