Panjshir offensives | |||||||
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Part of the Soviet–Afghan War | |||||||
Map of the Panjshir valley | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Soviet Union Afgahanistan | Shura-e Nazar | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Leonid Brezhnev Konstantin Chernenko Sergei Sokolov Norat Ter-Grigoryants Ruslan Aushev Babrak Karmal | Ahmad Shah Massoud (mainly) |
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Panjshir Front was a military association of the Afghan opposition in the Panjshir Valley during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) under the command of field commander Ahmad Shah Massoud. The Panjshir Front played a leading role in organizing and coordinating the military and political activities of the fronts by the type of the Islamic Army – the Islamic Society of Afghanistan – in five (5) northeastern provinces adjacent to Panjshiru: Kunduz, Baghlan, Takhar, Parvan, Kapisa.
Later, on the basis of the Panjshir and the northeastern fronts, the so-called "Supervisory Council" was created, which resolved military-political and economic tasks in organizing the activities of the anti-government forces of the entire region. Later such associations began to be established in the west and south of Afghanistan, the main role in them was played by the Islamic Society of Afghanistan party.