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| Afghanistan |
| Polish, Afghan forces free 11 hostages from the Taliban |
| 2017-05-31 |
| [AlAhram] Polish and Afghan special forces, backed by U.S. air power, freed 11 people who had been taken hostage by the Taliban ...Arabic for students... in Afghanistan's Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province, Poland's Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said on Tuesday. The hostages included two solders, four coppers and five civilians, all of them Afghan nationals who had been held captive for four months in a village held by the Taliban, Macierewicz told a news conference in Warsaw. "These people were beaten, tortured, treated terribly for four months," he said. The Polish special forces, who are usually based in Kandahar province but were in Helmand on a training mission, were primarily involved in preparing the operation to free the hostages and had a supporting role, but it was the Afghan forces who did the fighting against the Taliban, the minister said. Macierewicz added that the success of the operation shows that the Afghan forces are well trained and able to "combat terrorists." He said U.S. helicopters also took part in the rescue. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 The GROM are serious business. |
| Posted by: Publius Punter 2017-05-31 09:13 |
| #3 It provides experience, exposure, interoperability, connections, and checks their doctrines against reality. I had the distinct honor and pleasure to work w/the Norwegian MJK (SEAL) for a year in Kabul. VERY capable plus all around nice guys. Viking blood still runs through their veins. |
| Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2017-05-31 07:20 |
| #2 "You don't want to be interrogated by a Pole." |
| Posted by: Jeasing Creque5352 2017-05-31 06:36 |
| #1 Lots of western nations, which includes the old Warsaw Pact countries, have run some of their guys through Astan and iraq. It provides experience, exposure, interoperability, connections, and checks their doctrines against reality. Plus, come OER time, the badasses have an extra point or two. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2017-05-31 05:15 |