...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...
conducted a major offensive against Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...compounds in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the Afghan military said.
According to a statement released by Special Operations Corps, the Special Forces killed 11 Talibs during the raid, destroyed 3 compounds and 4 fighting positions of the group.
The statement further added that the Special Forces conducted the raid in Chahar Dara district of Kunduz.
The Special Forces also confiscated 12 weapons, 17 rockets, 6 boxes of Dshk machine gun ammunition, 4 boxes of PKM machine gun ammunition, 249 rounds of Ak-47 rifle ammunition, 50 grenades, 5 armored vests, 10 Taliban flags, 20 military uniforms, 3 IEDs, 5 cycle of violences and some other military kits, the statement added.
The Taliban group has not commented regarding the operation so far.