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Afghanistan
Afghan government approves deployment of UAE Special Forces to train ANDSF
2018-06-07
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan government has approved the deployment of UAE Special Forces in Afghanistan to participate in the train, advise, and assist mission led by NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said the proposal for the deployment of the UAE Special Forces in the framework of the Resolute Support Mission was approved during a meeting of the National Security Council.

ARG Palace in a statement said the National Security Council meeting was organized in ARG Palace late on Tuesday afternoon and was chaired by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
The statement further added that the UAE Special Forces will be deployed to Afghanistan to train, advise, and assist the Afghan national defense and security forces.

According to ARG Palace, the UAE Special Forces will be deployed in accordance with the Status of Forces Agreement.

This comes as efforts are underway to bolster the capabilities of the Afghan national defense and security forces by expanding the training mission.

Several NATO member countries have also agreed to increase the number of their forces as part of the Resolute Support Mission led by NATO.

Posted by:Fred

#3  Richard, according to this guy they do...verdict is still out in my mind if he is crackpot or not but he does have some interesting perspectives on the ME and UAE. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1004597590443286528.html
Posted by: Capsu78   2018-06-07 11:40  

#2  Well, the Sicherheitsdienst were also a "special force), so take the designation as you will...
Posted by: magpie   2018-06-07 10:57  

#1  Wait. The UAE has special forces...?
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2018-06-07 06:04  

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