At 10 o'clock, the NLA forces launched a counterattack. Fierce fighting broke out throughout southern Islamabad and led to hand-to-hand combat. The enemy was defeated and suffered more than 3,800 casualties. The Guards informed their Kermanshah-based command by wireless that the situation was "not good at all." The regime had previously announced its recapture of Islamabad, but was forced to admit in official announcements that the NLA had again "infiltrated" the town. Meanwhile, the town's airport - being used by the enemy to land reinforcements and all of its equipment and military centers were destroyed.
The second major confrontation began at noon on Tuesday and continued until midnight in the vicinity of the Allaho Akbar garrison. The Guards made seven attempts to cut the Islamabad-Kerend road, but the NLA's heavy fire prevented their advance. Another, smaller clash began early in the night. NLA reinforcements arrived and the combatants dominated, forcing the enemy to retreat, leaving 200 dead on the field. At the same time, Allaho Akbar's newly discovered cache of rockets was blown up.
The third major confrontation began with a fierce clash at 5 pm on Tuesday, and continued as intensely until Wednesday noon. Five NLA brigades confronted the 57th Abolfazl, 8th Najaf 27th Mohammad (whose forces are mostly stationed in the south), and the 25th Karbala GC divisions, as well as the 82nd Sahebol-Amr brigade, transferred by ground or by the Air Corps to the Malavi Junction, Islamabad-Kermanshah and Islamabad-Khorramabad roads east of Islamabad.
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