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2019-11-20 Afghanistan
Special Forces kill, detain 27 Taliban and ISIS militants in 6 provinces
[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 13 Talibs and arrested 14 others during separate operations in the past 24 hours.

The military officials said Tuesday the Special Forces killed 8 Talibs and destroyed a small cache of weapons in Baraki Barak district of Pashtun-infested Logar province.

The officials further added the Special Forces killed 5 Talibs and destroyed a cache of weapons during a separate raid in Gizab district of Daykundi province.

The Special Forces arrested 5 ISIS Khurasan bully boyz and destroyed a small cache of weapons during a separate raid in Shinwar district of Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
, the officials said, adding that the Special Forces arrested 3 Talibs during a separate raid in Deh-e Sabz district of Kabul.

The officials also added that the Special Forces arrested 3 Talibs and destroyed a small cache of weapons during an operation in Jaji district of Paktiya.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-11-20 00:06|| || Front Page|| [7 views ]  Top

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