afghanistan report no. 58 february 1989

The Crisis and Conflict Analysis Team comprises of leading academicians, strategists, researchers and policy analysts interested in the study of international relations.The members of this team meet periodically in groups; one team is devoted to the study of the Afghan crisis and conflict.In the light of carefully monitored information each group reviews current developments in its respective conflict area, and offers various policy options for consideration.While the Institute of Strategic Studies provides the forum, coordinates research and publishes the findings of the Crisis and Conflict Analysis Team, it does not necessarily share the views expressed by the team members whose participation in this group is in their individual capacity. 2.The information and overt intelligence incorporated in this report after collection, collation, and evaluation is based on primary and secondary sources of all the parties in the conflict.The primary sources availed are the monitoring reports of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation covering Moscow, Tashkent, Dushambe and Kabul broadcasts, Afghan, Soviet, and other Embassy handouts, and information received from the Afghan Documentation Centre, Afghan Information Centré, the Afghan Islamic Press, and the Agency Afghan Press files.Secondary sources are the international media, and research papers and writings of the academicians.We are aware of the paucity of correct, complete and timely information from closed societies, as also the lack of formal and trained command, control, communication and intelligence set -up in the Mujahideen, as present in regular armies.