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Like in the previous offensive, Both sides claimed victory, however the true winner was the mujahideen, as they won by not losing, retained power within the Panjshir and the Soviets/DRA troops failed to save the Rokha fortress by withdrawing<ref>{{Cite book |last=Galeotti |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.se/books?id=CCcfEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+panjshir+valley+1980%E2%80%9386+the+lion+tames+the+b |title=The Panjshir Valley 1980–86: The Lion Tames the Bear in Afghanistan |date=2021-10-28 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4728-4467-5 |pages=44 |language=en |trans-title=Whatever the truth - which was somewhere in between in practice, the rebels won by not losing.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Goodson |first=Larry P. |url=https://www.google.se/books/edition/Afghanistan_s_Endless_War/fbdZsuBpmx0C?hl=sv |title=Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban |date=2011-07-01 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=978-0-295-80158-2 |pages=59 |language=en}}</ref> |
Like in the previous offensive, Both sides claimed victory, however the true winner was the mujahideen, as they won by not losing, retained power within the Panjshir and the Soviets/DRA troops failed to save the Rokha fortress by withdrawing.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Galeotti |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.se/books?id=CCcfEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+panjshir+valley+1980%E2%80%9386+the+lion+tames+the+b |title=The Panjshir Valley 1980–86: The Lion Tames the Bear in Afghanistan |date=2021-10-28 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4728-4467-5 |pages=44 |language=en |trans-title=Whatever the truth - which was somewhere in between in practice, the rebels won by not losing.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Goodson |first=Larry P. |url=https://www.google.se/books/edition/Afghanistan_s_Endless_War/fbdZsuBpmx0C?hl=sv |title=Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban |date=2011-07-01 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=978-0-295-80158-2 |pages=59 |language=en}}</ref> |
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The Second Panjshir Offensive, Also known as Panjshir II, was an operation initiated by Soviet and socialist afghan troops in August 28 1980, to free the Rokha fort held by afghan socialists which was constantly attacked By Ahmad Shah Massouds Mujahideen.[1] This offensive lasted 21 days.
Battle
To free Rokha, The Soviet/DRA forces with 1,100 soldiers,[2] 700 hundred vehicles under dozens of helicopters attacked the Panjshir valley, Massoud's men, led by Abdol-Wâsé, Abdol-Azīm, Dâdollâh and Sufi Mohammad Sa'id Khan numbered 500 men and attacked the garrison of Rokha, which ended in a Soviet withdrawal. The Mujahideen claimed that 25 of their men were killed, however claims the enemy's losses at 500 based on clandestine reports transmitted to the resistance by their sympathisers in the offices of the Afghan communist general staff in Kabul,[3] They also claimed that 10 helicopters were shot down.[4] The Soviets estimate their and the mujahideen losses each at 200 dead and wounded.[5]
Results
Like in the previous offensive, Both sides claimed victory, however the true winner was the mujahideen, as they won by not losing, retained power within the Panjshir and the Soviets/DRA troops failed to save the Rokha fortress by withdrawing.[6][7]
References
- ^ Barry, Michael (2002). Massoud: de l'islamisme à la liberté [Massoud's mujahedeen, always in order to pursue the enemy when he fled, resumed their spot fire around the Rokha fort to irritate the Afghan communist garrison and shoot down any imprudent person who showed his head at the battlements. To free Rokha, a second offensive, with seven hundred vehicles under dozens of helicopters (while Afghan troops preceded the Russians to receive the first fire), struck the Valley from August 28, 1981.] (in French). L. Audibert. p. 182. ISBN 978-2-84749-002-2.
{{cite book}}: line feed character in|trans-title=at position 236 (help) - ^ Galeotti, Mark (2021-10-28). The Panjshir Valley 1980–86: The Lion Tames the Bear in Afghanistan. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4728-4467-5.
- ^ Barry, Michael (2002). Massoud: de l'islamisme à la liberté (in French). L. Audibert. p. 183. ISBN 978-2-84749-002-2.
- ^ Urban, Mark (2016-07-27). War in Afghanistan [Ahmad Shah Massud's fighters claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties on the army and to have shot down 10 helicopters.]. Springer. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-349-20761-9.
- ^ Galeotti, Mark (2021-10-28). The Panjshir Valley 1980–86: The Lion Tames the Bear in Afghanistan. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-4728-4467-5.
- ^ Galeotti, Mark (2021-10-28). The Panjshir Valley 1980–86: The Lion Tames the Bear in Afghanistan [Whatever the truth - which was somewhere in between in practice, the rebels won by not losing.]. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-4728-4467-5.
- ^ Goodson, Larry P. (2011-07-01). Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban. University of Washington Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-295-80158-2.