Editing Federal Intelligence Service (section)

=== 1980s ===

==== Libyan bombings in Germany ====
In 1986, the BND deciphered the report of the [[Libya]]n Embassy in East Berlin regarding the "successful" implementation of the [[1986 Berlin discotheque bombing]].<ref name="malinarich2001">{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1653848.stm | publisher=BBC News | first=Nathalie | last=Malinarich | title=Flashback: The Berlin disco bombing | date=13 November 2001}}</ref>

==== Infiltration into Stasi HQ ====
According to an interview with Stasi defector Col. Rainer Wiegand, BND agents were assigned to use the anti-Stasi protests in East Germany in order to covertly obtain files from Building No. 2, which houses the counterespionage directorate.{{sfn|Koehler|2000|p=456}} Wiegand assisted by providing the blueprints of the building and indicated which offices the agents should prioritize.{{sfn|Koehler|2000|p=456}}

====Operation Summer Rain====
[[Operation Summer Rain]] was a highly classified joint mission involving the 
Federal Intelligence Service and [[Kommando Spezialkräfte|special units]] of the [[Bundeswehr|German Armed Forces]] during the [[Soviet-Afghan War]] in the 1980s. The primary objective of the operation was to gather intelligence on the weapons systems utilized by Soviet forces.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2015 |title=BND-Agenten waren im Afghanistan-Krieg gegen die Sowjets aktiv |url=https://m.focus.de/politik/ausland/afghanistan/operation-sommerregen-bnd-war-im-afghanistan-krieg-gegen-sowjets-aktiv_id_3265579.html |website=FOCUS online}}</ref>