Qualla: Battle of Maravar Pass https://qualla.com/battle-of-maravar-pass en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:32 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Maravar Pass https://qualla.com/battle-of-maravar-pass Battle of Maravar Pass: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-maravar-pass/ The distance on the map was three kilometers. The actual distance, measured in blood and miscalculation, was immeasurable. On April 21, 1985, the 334th Detached Spetsnaz Group -- Soviet special forces transferred to Asadabad in Kunar Province less than a month earlier -- walked into Maravar Gorge on what their commanders had planned as a large-scale training exercise. A report said eight to ten mujahideen had been spotted in the village of Sangam, just inside the gorge's entrance. By nightfall, what was supposed to be a routine reconnaissance had escalated into a major combat operation involving four battalions and frontline aviation.

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/w/4/w/battle-of-maravar-pass-wp/tw4w-battle-of-maravar-pass-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Maravar Pass: Into the Gorge at Dawn https://qualla.com/battle-of-maravar-pass/ The 334th deployed from Asadabad on foot at 10:00 p.m. on April 20, crossing the Kunar River by ferry. The plan was straightforward: 1st Company would advance through the narrow gorge floor toward Sangam while 2nd and 3rd Companies provided cover from the ridges above. By 5:00 a....

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/w/4/w/battle-of-maravar-pass-wp/tw4w-battle-of-maravar-pass-into-the-gorge-at-dawn.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Maravar Pass: The Trap Closes https://qualla.com/battle-of-maravar-pass/ Lieutenant Nikolai Kuznetsov's platoon made first contact with hostile fighters. Captain Tsebruk immediately moved toward the gunfire with four riflemen, leaving his radio operator behind. It is believed he grasped the severity of the situation, but before he could act, a bullet ...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/w/4/w/battle-of-maravar-pass-wp/tw4w-battle-of-maravar-pass-the-trap-closes.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Maravar Pass: Twenty-Three Kilometers to Save Three https://qualla.com/battle-of-maravar-pass/ Back at Asadabad, the base scrambled to assemble an armored relief column. But the geography that made Maravar Gorge a perfect ambush site also made rescue nearly impossible. The heavy vehicles could not fit on the local ferry, forcing the column to cross the Kunar River via a br...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/w/4/w/battle-of-maravar-pass-wp/tw4w-battle-of-maravar-pass-twenty-three-kilometers-to-save-three.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Maravar Pass: A Training Exercise Becomes a War https://qualla.com/battle-of-maravar-pass/ Reinforcements poured in from across the region. The 154th Spetsnaz detachment and the Air Assault Battalion of the 66th Brigade flew in by helicopter from Jalalabad. The 2nd Battalion of the 66th Brigade marched overland from Asadabad. What the 334th's commanders had planned as ...

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/w/4/w/battle-of-maravar-pass-wp/tw4w-battle-of-maravar-pass-a-training-exercise-becomes-a-war.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Maravar Pass: Echoes in the Same Mountains https://qualla.com/battle-of-maravar-pass/ The villages of Sangam and Daridam sit in the same volatile borderlands of Kunar Province that would see intense fighting for decades to come. Twenty-five years after the Soviet Spetsnaz walked into Maravar Gorge, American and Afghan National Army forces fought the Taliban near t...

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