Rodric Braithwaite - Afgantsy

KhAD, Afghan secret intelligence agency 134–5, 137–9, 182–3, 194, 275, 298

Respected by KGB 202

Successfully penetrate mujahedin 139

Khaibar Mir Akbar, party ideologist, murdered 40

Khalbaev Major, commander of Muslim Battalion 56, 63, 90–91, 93

Khalil General, Afghan intelligence chief, arrested as spy 139

Khalq, faction in Afghan Communist Party 31, 38–43, 58, 60, 104, 275

Khanif, Afghan youth organiser 163

Khiva, Central Asian city 18–19, 22, 24

Khoroshavin Alexander, soldier in 860th Regiment 158

Khost. Afghan city 151, 165, 204, 213–15

Falls to mujaheddin 299

Khrushchev Nikita (1894–1971), Soviet politician 30, 33, 78, 113

Khyber Pass 129

Kipling Rudyard (1865–1936) 12, 134, 192, 227

Kirpichenko General, KGB 82, 105

Kirsanov Yuri, KGB officer, bard 193

Kiselev Yevgeni, interpreter, later TV anchorman 83, 153–4, 208

Kissinger Henry (1923–), US Secretary of State 30

kizyaki , dried dung fuel 130

Klimov Sergei, bard 193, 312

Klintsevich, Frants, veteran, politician 317–18, 327–8

Kobalt , Interior Ministry special forces unit 134–5

Kokand, Central Asian city 22

Kolesnik (Kozlov) Colonel, GRU staff officer 63, 90–94, 96, 102

Komissarov Nikolai, Komsomol youth organiser 166

Komsomol, Soviet Young Communist League 150, 152–3, 162, 165, 244, 259, 316

Komsomolskaya Pravda , newspaper 155, 189, 239, 243, 315

Konovalov Captain Yevgeni, officer in 860th Regiment 180, 300–301

Koshelev Vladimir, bard 312

Kosogovski General, Chief Interior Ministry adviser 74, 228

Kostenko General, adviser to Afghan Chief of Staff 100–101

Kosygin Aleksei (1904–80), Soviet prime minister 46–7, 49–52, 104

Tells Afghans Soviets won’t send troops 7

Kotenov Alexander, sets up veterans’ organisation 317

Kotlyarovskoe Cemetery, Moscow 317

Kovalev. Anatoli, Soviet deputy foreign minister 278

Kozyrev, Andrei, Russian foreign minister, visits Pakistan 258

Kravchenko Colonel, court-martialled for shooting prisoners 229

Kretenin Captain, killed in ambush 209

Krivenko Vitali, Soviet soldier 1, 171–2, 230, 250, 252–3, 320

Kryuchkov Vladimir(1924–2007), Chairman of KGB 1988–91 81, 90, 95, 116, 272, 282, 287, 289

Discusses Islam with Taraki 42

Discusses plan for coup against Gorbachev 311

Explains background to invasion to Congress, 1989 80

Favours Najibullah 275

Persuades Karmal to resign 274

Kulabe, town in Tajikistan 305

Kulazhenko Gena, youth worker, murdered 165

Kunduz, Afghan city 87, 194, 258

Kurgan-Tobe, town in Tajikistan 305

Kurilov Valeri, Soviet officer helps rescue ‘Gang of Four’ 69

Kushka, Soviet city, formerly Pandjeh 162, 283

A good source of vodka 162

Kutepov Yuri, KGB security adviser to Amin’s guard 93

Kutsenko General Viktor, bard 138, 312

Kuzmina Tatiana, Soviet nurse 156

Kuzminskoe Cemetery 213

Kuznechkov Colonel, military doctor killed in storming of Amin’s palace 95, 98–9

Kuznetsov Andrei, soldier

Returns to Afghanistan as a tourist 334

kyariz , well 131

Lagoshin General, last Chief Soviet Military Adviser in Afghanistan 301

Lakhovich Igor, last solider to be killed 290

Lapis lazuli mines, source of income for Masud 216, 287

Latif Dr Lutfullah, imprisoned in Pul-i Charkhi 104, 106

Lee Enfield, effective but old-fashioned British rifle 202

Levchishin Sergei, participant in Badaber rising 269

lifchiki , ‘brassieres’, home-made ammunition pouches 198

Lilya, Soviet typist 156

Limited Contingent of Soviet Forces in Afghanistan 84, 194, 267

Logar, Afghan province 162, 233

Long range bombers 7, 123, 143, 202, 216, 219, 223, 272, 284, 289

Lunin Alexander, chief adviser to Polytechnic rector 148

Lyakhovski Alexander (1946–2009), Soviet general 37, 242

Criticism of 40th Army 144

Draws up proposals for Masud 287

Helps draw up plans for assault on White House 311

Lytton Lord (1803–91), Viceroy of India 27

Magometov General, Chief Soviet Military Adviser in Afghanistan 74, 83–4, 90–92, 96

Magradze, Soviet expert in Herat 44

Maiorov General Alexander, Chief Soviet Military Adviser in Afghanistan 229, 240

Maiwand, scene of British defeat, 1880 25

Malachuskaya Natalya, protests against Afghan war 108

Maladani Sher Ahmad, mujahedin commander 6

Prefers Russians to Americans 335

malishi , militia detachments 165

Maltseva Lena, enthusiastic volunteer 155

Margoeva Galina, wife of Afghan engineer 159

Masud Ahmad Shah (1953–2001), mujahedin field commander 139, 185, 201, 218, 223, 258, 285–7, 290, 295–6

Assassination, 9 September 2001 304

Birthplace and early career 184

Buried in Pandsher Valley 305

Commands 20,000 men, with tanks and artillery, 1991 299

Drives on Kabul 302

Educated at Kabul University 17, 32

Helps find Soviet soldiers missing in action 258

His forces commit atrocities in Kabul 234

Military skills admired by Russians 184

Moscow decides to deal with him once and for all, 1984 219

Negotiates ceasefire with Russians 185

Pushed back from Kabul 303

Receives little aid from Pakistanis 201

Remains a problem for Russians and Kabul government 285

Russians build links after withdrawal 303

Russians unable to inflict decisive defeat 216

Uses ceasefire to rebuild forces 219

Matlock Jack, US diplomat 280–81

Matrosskaya Tishina, Moscow prison 95

Mazar-i Sharif, Afghan city 29, 86, 162, 260, 302–3

Mazduryar Shirjan, Afghan politician 40, 59, 68

Mi-24, ‘Crocodile’, Soviet armoured helicopter 197–8

Mi-8, ‘Bee’. Soviet helicopter 198

microrayon , Soviet-built suburb in Kabul 105, 153, 160

Mikhanov B N, chief expert at irrigation project 148

Mikheeva Ludmila, nurse 158

Mine warfare 131–2, 184, 211, 223

Alleged use of mines disguised as toys 234

Devastating effect on soldiers’ morale 132

Mironov, Colonel Valeri 88

Missing in action 257

Mohammed Hamid, mujahedin prisoner 232

Moiseev, General Mikhail, Chief of General Staff 310, 317

Morozov Captain Igor 166

Morozov Igor, KGB special forces officer and bard 194, 247

Leaves Afghanistan 195

Resigns commission 312

Morozov Sergei, sergeant 88, 172, 218, 223

Afghanistan the best years of his life 195

Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies 109

Mothers 263

Among first effective civil rights organisations 263

Gorbachev reads their letters to the Politburo 273

Letters to authorities 243

Mozhayev, Soviet ambassador in Kabul 61

Mujahedin, Afghan guerilla fighters 135, 182–3, 223, 229, 258–9, 296

Attacks inside Kabul 159

Control old city of Herat 165

Destroy major arms dump in Kabul 202

Fail to achieve coherence 333

Hijack Soviet aid 148

Impose fines 165

Intelligence successes 136, 139, 208

Join Afghan army 298

Major supply base explodes in Pakistan 202

Morale high after Russians depart 296

Raids into Soviet Central Asia 78, 142

Refuse to accept Geneva Agreements 281

Rule villages by night 224

Sell Stingers to Iran 205

Seven parties based in Pakistan 200

Successes 201

Successful air defences 203

Supplied from Pakistan 131, 285

Tactics 128–9, 132, 141, 200

Muratkhanian Yuri, director of ‘Afsotr’ 300–301

Muratov Aleksei & Marina, Soviet advisers 161