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2 Taliban militants killed, detained; weapons caches destroyed in Special Forces raids
[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 a Taliban  ...the Pashtun equivalent of men...holy warrior, detained another holy warrior and destroyed three caches of weapons in three provinces in the past 24 hours. The military officials said Saturday the Special Forces destroyed a small cache of weapons during a raid in Farah district of Farah province in the West. The officials further added the Special Forces detained a Taliban holy warrior and destroyed a cache of weapons during a separate raid in Chimtal district of Balkh, The Special Forces killed a Taliban holy warrior during a separate raid in Nad’Ali district of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , the officials said, adding that they also destroyed a small cache of weapons during the operation. The Taliban group has not commented regarding the operations so far. Related: Farah district: 2019-10-24 Special Forces kill 6 Taliban militants, destroy large caches of weapons and IEDs in 3 provinces Farah district: 2019-09-11 25 Taliban militants killed, detained; multiple weapons caches destroyed in Special Forces raids Farah district: 2019-08-04 150 Taliban militants killed, wounded in joint overnight operations, claims Farah Police Related: Chimtal district: 2019-10-27 Airstrikes kill 45 Taliban and ISIS militants in 9 provinces Chimtal district: 2019-09-29 Notorious Taliban commander, his fighters killed in Balkh before disrupting elections Chimtal district: 2019-09-25 Afghan SF kill/arrest 23 ISIS & Taliban in various provinces Related: Helmand: 2019-11-15 Airstrikes kill 11 Taliban militants in 3 districts of Helmand province Helmand: 2019-11-14 Airstrikes kill 32 Taliban militants in three provinces Helmand: 2019-11-14 Special Forces kill, detain 6 Taliban militants; destroy weapons caches in 4 provinces Posted by: trailing wife 2019-11-17 |
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