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The Sarandoy or Tsarandoi (Pashto: څارندوی - "Defenders [of the Revolution]") were the gendarmerie force of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan under the Ministry of Interior from 1978 to 1992,[1] during the Soviet–Afghan War.
^Karp, Craig (March 1988), US Department of State Bulletin, US Department of State
The Sarandoy or Tsarandoi (Pashto: څارندوی - "Defenders [of the Revolution]") were the gendarmerie force of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan...
Army, separate from KhAD. Armed formations of the Ministry of Interior (Sarandoy) Civil defense detachments Revolution Defense Groups Defense of the Revolution...
Lieutenant General Faiz Muhammad Lieutenant Said Habib – Sarandoy Lieutenant Muhammad Juma – Sarandoy 37th “Hero” Commando Brigade Two times awarded General...
National Scout Organization (Pashto: د افغانستان څارندوی ټولنه Da Afghānistan Sārandoy Tolena, usually shortened to Zarandoi) was officially founded in 1931 in...
German unification. Sarandoy Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan 1978–1992 gendarmerie Nicknamed "Defenders of the Revolution", Sarandoy was founded after...
to the Afghan government, the Sarandoy mustered an estimated 115,000 males at its peak. Those who worked in the Sarandoy were paid 162 dollars a month...
Muhammad Taraki Founded 1 January 1965 Newspaper Khalq (1966) Armed wing Sarandoy (de facto) Ideology Communism Marxism-Leninism Pashtun nationalism Pashtun...
Battle of Jalalabad. Bin Laden led his men in person to immobilize the 7th Sarandoy Regiment but failed doing so leading to massive casualties. He funded the...
brigades, the 8th infantry division, the 15th tank brigade, supported by a Sarandoy battalion and various local militia groups. These units manned a series...
appointed Minister of Interior. As such he was placed in command of the Sarandoy ("Defenders of the Revolution"), a heavily armed paramilitary gendarmerie...
People's Armed Police (China) Special Corps of Gendarmes (Russian Empire) Sarandoy (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) "Внутренние войска будут выведены...
Of Afghanistan Defenders of the Revolution Sarandoy 1978 1992 Formed after the Saur Revolution, Sarandoy was dominated by the Khalq faction of the People's...
of Jalalabad, Bin Laden personally led 800 Arabs to immobilize the 7th Sarandoy regiment but failed to do so leading to many casualties. At least 300 Arabs...
was complicit with Rabbani forces. 40 soldiers of DRA armed forces and Sarandoy. The Russian–Kazakh movie, Peshavar Waltz (1994) was loosely based on this...
units tasked with rescuing Adolph Dubs. 6b2 and ZHZL-74 body armor used by Sarandoy special purpose units. Ushanka Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan...
armed groups to be undesirable during their occupation. Afghanistan portal Sarandoy World Affairs Report. California Institute of International Studies. 1981...
part of the Afghan National Army's Territorial Force. Afghanistan portal Sarandoy Wikimedia Commons has media related to Afghan Local Police. "Disbanding...
general of GRU) Mikhail Dzhanibekyan - Hafiz (the militiaman of the Afghan Sarandoy) Ramil Sabitov - Amir Alexander Alyoshkin - Ivanov Irina Rozanova - Irina...
the Afghan Army’s 10th Division, 717th Civil Disciplinary Regiment, the Sarandoy’s 8th Gendarme Brigade, and WAD’s 1st and 5th Directorates. In 1991, the...
Armed Forces, a separate commando brigade and the operational regiment of sarandoy were drawn from Afghan government forces. The fighting took place in difficult...
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