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
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
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
Music and poetry 192
Muslim battalion 63, 82, 90–94, 97, 99, 115, 117
Nadir Shah Mohamed (1883–1933), Afghan ruler 16, 86
Najibullah Mohamed (1947–96), last Communist president 52, 276, 285, 288
Asks for Soviet troops to remain 287
Butchered by Taliban 303
Character sketch by GRU 275
Describes typical meeting with Soviet advisers 148
Exiled to Tehran, 1979 53
Exploits differences within Soviet government 277
Loses senior advocates in Soviet government 299
Popular after his death 335
Publicly blames Soviets for invasion 299
