Originally published: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : Foreign Military Studies Office, 2011. Includes maps of: [Khakfakhai Village - Afedshakh Pass]; Zhawar and Vicinity; First Battle of Zhawar; Prelude to Zhawar II; Plan for Zhawar II; Zhawar II; Artillery Ambush near Talukan, FEB 1986.

Mountain Combat : 1. Ground combat at high altitudes / Lester W. Grau and Hernán Vázques -- 2. Mountain warfare : the need for specialized training / Muhammad Asim Malik ; Small Unit : 3. Forbidden cross-border vendetta : Spetsnaz strike into Pakistan during the Soviet-Afghan War / Lester W. Grau and Ali Ahmad Jalali -- 4. Small secrets of great mountains / Lester W. Grau, based on the work of Ikram Nazarov -- 5. Flanking detachment in the mountains : a Soviet experience / Lester W. Grau and V.A. Selivanov -- 6. Cave warfare / Ikram Karimov ; Large Unit : The campaign for the caves : the battles for Zhawar in the Soviet-Afghan War / Lester W. Grau and Ali Ahmad Jalali ; Reconnaissance : 8. Mountain reconnaissance Russian style / Lester W. Grau, based on the work of Michael Panov ; Artillery : 9. Moving artillery forward : a concept for the fight in Afghanistan / Joseph A. Jackson ; Small Arms Fire : 10. The right way to shoot : how to select firing positions and firing ready positions in mountainous conditions / Michael Panov -- 11. It is difficult -- but possible and necessary -- to master the skills and techniques of shooting in mountains / Michael Panov ; Shelter : 12. So that making camp makes you stronger: organizing rest and overnight halts for personnel in the mountains / Michael Panov ; Russian Army Training : 13. Along slopes and tracks : training method for overcoming mountain obstacles / Michael Panov -- 14. Forward, up, and then down : how to use a rope to climb a steep mountain slope / Michael Panov -- 15. Don't let me down -- belay : training method for negotiating mountain obstacles / Michael Panov -- 16. How to "tame" a river : getting across water obstacles in the mountains / Michael Panov -- 17. Train to win : organizing and conducting physical training for soldiers in the mountains / Michael Panov ; Logistics : 18. Hydro-meteorological support of military transport along mountain rivers / Vladimir Shiryayev -- 19. What a water transport company should be : the need for special supply delivery transport units in mountain areas / Vladimir Shiryayev ; Communications : 20. Mountain combat : hard to move, hard to shoot, even harder to communicate / Lester W. Grau and Jason Falivene ; Medical Considerations : 21. Medical implications of high altitude combat / Lester W. Grau and William A. Jorgensen ; Aviation : 22. Helicopter landings in the mountains / Lester W. Grau, Anthony Reed, and James W. Grau, based on the work of D.B. Zipir.