...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 five Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...and ISIS bully boyz and destroyed multiple caches of weapons in four provinces in the past 24 hours.
The military officials said Monday the Special Fores killed three Talibs and detained two others during a raid in Pashtun Kot district of Faryab province.
The officials further added the Special Forces killed two ISIS Khurasan bully boyz and destroyed a small cache of weapons of the group in Kot 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 Special Forces destroyed another cache of weapons of ISIS Khurasan in Achin district of Nangarhar, the officials said, adding that the Special Forces destroyed a large drug cache of Taliban and a weapons cache in Deh Yak district of Ghazni and Khakrez district of Kandahar.
The anti-government armed elements have not commented regarding the operations so far.