The Other Side of the Mountain Quotes

“We could not get them out of the area without some cooperation on their part and we could not shoot them because the shots might draw attention from nearby security outposts. So”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“These huge tunnels stretched to 500 meters and contained a hotel”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“Many Soviet combat examples show an unguarded flank in a cordon and search.{”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“We would let the enemy chase us from strongpoint to strongpoint and attack him whenever we could.”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“The cheering Mujahideen rushed to the helicopter. There were five dead Soviets—the pilot”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“Crossing shallow desert rivers looks fairly safe”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“Don’t worry”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“We recorded the sound of a moving tank. We received some loud-speakers from Peshawar and assigned people to use them on the eastern flank to depict tanks coming from the east.”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“Mujahideen minefield clearing methods included: —probing the ground cautiously in a slow advance; —driving a flock of sheep through the minefield;”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“Instead”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“Often”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“Commander Sheragai wanted to find an unmined approach to the outpost”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“There had been some road repair by the outpost and the road had been scraped down and graded. Asil Khan had his men bury three powerful remote-controlled mines in the road immediately in front of the outpost. They also buried or disguised the wires leading away from the mines to the ambush site.”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“They felt that the Soviets would not dismount to check the known ambush sites and did not expect immediate Soviet counteractions to turn their flanks. They were right. The Mujahideen were setting a pattern”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“Afghanistan’s ancient roots and strong ties of kinship provide an anchor against progress”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side Of The Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics In The Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

“Mujahideen still had to support their families, so normally all heavy weapons and 1/5th of the loot from an ambush or raid went to the commander. The other 4/5ths was divided among the Mujahideen combatants. Some Mujahideen would take their captured Kalashnikovs to Pakistan where they would sell them and give the money to their families to live on. Governments supporting the Mujahideen would buy the weapons in Pakistan’s bazaars and give them to Mujahideen faction leaders for distribution.”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet Afghan War

“The money truck caught on fire and some of the money was burned, but we took what we could and later I made it a payday for everyone. I still have some of those burnt notes and someday I will cash them in for some good ones. The”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet Afghan War

“We approached the post at dawn from the high ground to the north. Our contact led us inside. Most of the soldiers were asleep and we wanted to capture them. However, some of our Mujahideen were not very quiet and the detail woke up and started fighting us. We”
― Ali Ahmad Jalali, The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet Afghan War