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2019-11-08 Afghanistan
13 Taliban militants killed, detained in Special Forces raids in Helmand and Wardak
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces
...established in 2007 with the intent of taking one conventional infantry kandak (battalion) from each of the regional ANA corps, giving them special training and equipment, and reorganizing based on the U.S. Army Rangers. Each battalion is assigned to one of the six regional corps. The commandos comprise 7% of the Afghan National Security Forces but conduct 70% to 80% of the fighting...
killed 4 Talibs and arrested 9 others during the operations in Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
and Wardak provinces.

The military officials said earlier today the Special Forces killed 3 Talibs and arrested 6 others in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.

The officials further added that the Special Forces killed another Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
bad boy during a raid in Sayyidabad district of Wardak and arrested 3 others.

The Special Forces also destroyed a cache of weapons during the same raid, the officials added.

The Taliban group has not commented regarding the operations so far.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-11-08 03:55|| || Front Page|| [7 views ]  Top
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