Alone Against the Taliban: Mad Dog Platoon and the Battle of OP Nevada, Where Soviet Spetsnaz Fell in Afghanistan
The Soviets called it Chernaya Gora: Black Mountain. That is where a unit of elite Spetsnaz forces met their deaths in Afghanistan, atop a remote observation post overlooking Kunar. I learned about the treacherous place in 2015, while researching an article for the Army National Guard. The Guard’s GX Magazine had asked me to write …
