Grabarmy, the ‘bandit army’, nickname for 40th Army 189
Grazhdanskaya Oborona, SIberian rock group 320
green zone, cultivated area, ideal for ambushes 131, 133, 163, 206, 231
Greshnov Andrei, Soviet interpreter and journalist 105–6, 154, 232–3, 294–5, 297–8
Grishin Vladimir, officer in Muslim Battalion 115
Gromov General Boris, last commander of 40th Army 1987–9 88, 124, 144, 174, 214, 287, 291–3, 317
Crosses the bridge, 15 February 1989 291
Gromov Maksim, son of general 293
Gromyko Andrei (1909–89), Soviet foreign minister 45–6, 48–9, 52, 62, 69, 74, 77, 81, 95, 270, 279
Member of Committee on Afghanistan 60
Remembers decision to invade 80
Gulabzoi Mohamed, Afghan politician, member of ‘Gang of Four’ 31, 40–41, 59, 63, 68, 70, 83, 92, 99
Gumenny Leonid, officer in
Guskov General, plans elimination of Amin 82
Habibia School, Kabul 16
Habibullah Khan (1872–1919), Afghan ruler 15
Haqqani Jalaluddin (1950-), mujahedin commander 214
Haqqani Sirajuddin, mujahedin commander 214
Hazara, Afghan ethnic group 302
Health 121
Cholera 174
Figures for infectious disease 174
Health care in Soviet Central Asia best in the Muslim world 146
Hepatitis 95, 157, 174–5
Military hospitals 176
Near collapse of medical services 173
Hekmatyar Gulbuddin (1947–), mujahedin commander 17, 32, 184, 200–201, 234, 267, 296, 298, 302
Herat Rising 5
Exaggerated accounts 7
Fate of Soviet specialists 45
News arrives in Soviet embassy 44
Herat, Afghan city 29, 50, 165
Falls to Taliban 303
Strategic concern of British 27
Indian Rising (Mutiny) 1857 24
Ingushetia, Russian republic 326
Intelligence 57, 201
American and Soviet intelligence failures 332
British intelligence on Soviets in Afghanistan 111
GRU decide they need better intelligence 126
Methods and problems 134
Russian intelligence in 19th century 21, 23
US intelligence on Soviet intentions 111
Iran 6, 78
Istalif, Afghan village famed for pottery. 25
Ivanov Galina, wife of Valeri 99, 300
Ivanov Valeri, Soviet official 44, 99, 300–301
Izhevsk, Russian town 255
Izmailov Major Vyacheslav, Soviet officer 208–9
Jalalabad, Afghan city 229
Bombed by British 15
Bombed by Soviets 143, 284
Communist attempt to reunite in 40
Falls to Taliban 303
Major battle after 40th Army leaves 296
Panic when helicopters are shot down 203
Jamiat-i-Islami, Afghan resistance party 266
Jandad Major, head of Afghan Presidential Guard 72–3, 91–3, 95–6
Joulwan Peter, British journalist 258
Kabul 11, 13, 34, 38, 55–6, 63, 66, 74, 86, 88, 152, 206, 290, 296, 300
A tourist paradise 34
Bombed by British 15
Capital moved to 14
Centre destroyed by British 25
Curfew 159
Destroyed in civil war 36, 144, 234, 302
Falls to mujahedin 1992 298
Last Soviet troops leave 290
Major anti-Communist demonstration, February 1980 139
Marriages can only be registered there 156
Russians hang on as long as they can 300
Shelled by mujahedin 143
Soviet troops seize key objectives 8
Taliban victory brings kind of order 303
Kabul museum 34
Kabul Radio 105
Broadcasts Karmal’s appeal 16, 66, 103
Kabul University 17, 32, 38, 159
Kabulov Zamir, Russian diplomat
Persuades Taliban to return bodies of Russian helicopter crew, 2008 198
Tries to discover truth about Badaber 269
Kadyr Colonel, Afghan officer 31, 39–40, 42, 53
Kalashakhi, Afghan village 130
Kalashnikov automatic rifle 190, 192, 197, 199, 220
Kaluga, Russian town 181
Kandahar, Afghan town 14, 163, 297–8
Badly damaged in mid-1980s 163
Bombarded by mujahedin 298
Bombed by Soviets 143, 284
Dangerous for foreigners 297
Falls to Taliban 303
Karamagul, Afghan village 210
Karmal Babrak (1929–1996). Afghan Communist president 17, 38–40, 42, 62, 78, 103–4, 139, 148, 165, 223, 271, 276
Complains about atrocity to Brezhnev 229
