Haqqani’s super duper elite troops. Someone else sponsors the Red Unit, the Taliban’s special forces/shock troops first deployed in Sangin town in Helmand province in 2016, then claimed a victory against ISIS-Khurasan in 2018. We haven’t been hearing much from them recently, for some reason. It should be noted that Sirajuddin Haqqani is counted among Al Qaeda’s leadership, probably their regional vice president for Afghanistan...
[IsraelTimes] The Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...has been showing off its own "special forces" on social media, soldiers in new uniforms equipped with looted American equipment who contrast sharply with the image of the usual Afghan murderous Moslem.
Pictures and videos of fighters in the so-called "Badri 313" unit have been posted online for propaganda purposes to underline how the Taliban have better equipped and trained men at their disposal than in the past, experts say.