Word: mahmad
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Dates: during 1986-1986
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...forested ridgeline near Barikot, Commander Mahmad Alam carefully adjusts the range finder on his new green BM-13 rocket launcher. His men screw fuses into Chinese-made rockets and slide them into the barrels. Another guerrilla commander, the bearded and burly Sher Mohammed, scans the horizon with a brand-new pair of West German military binoculars. Mahmad Alam confers via walkie-talkie with his forward artillery observer. "God is Great!" the devout guerrillas shout, almost in prayer. "Long live Islam! Long live Afghanistan! Death to Communism...