Spetsnaz (Soviet Afghanistan war) 

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Often, the Spetsnaz are thought of as Army commando units.
In reality, however, Spetsnaz are not a specific tactical unit but a more general clandestine force which were deployed at the behest of the Soviet intelligence security services for special missions.
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Timothy Gusinov, ‘Soviet Special Forces (Spetsnaz): Experience in Afghanistan’, Military Review, March-April 2002.
Jack Anderson and Dale Van Atta, ‘Meet ‘Spetsnaz,’ Soviet Special Forces’, The Washington Post, 1986.
Lester W. Grau and Ali Ahmad Jalali, ‘Forbidden Cross-border Vendetta: Spetsnaz Strike into Pakistan during the Soviet-afghan War’, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, (18)4.