Kiligai

Kiligai (Kilagai, Kilagay, Kila Gai, Qalagai, Dasht-e Kiligai) is a location in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan, which during the Soviet-Afghan War held one of the three major Soviet bases in Afghanistan (the other two being Shindand and Bagram).[2] It was described in 1987 by the BBC Monitoring Service as the "largest military supply and armoury centre of the Soviet troops in Afghanistan."[3]

Not to be confused with Kilagai (Pakistan) in Mohmand Agency[1]

The base was located near a strategic north-south corridor, and included a large underground tank-repair depot.[4] In 1988, as the Soviets prepared their withdrawal, the possibility of "maintaining negotiated access" to the Kiligai tank repair facility was discussed.[5]

References
  1. The Scots Magazine. D.C. Thomson. 1936. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. J. Bruce Amstutz (1 July 1994). Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation. DIANE Publishing. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  3. Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. 1987. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. Middle East Insight. International Insight, Inc. 1987. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  5. Anthony James Gregor (1989). In the Shadow of Giants: The Major Powers and the Security of Southeast Asia. Hoover Inst Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-8179-8821-0. Retrieved 24 August 2013.


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