| There’s a nice photo of the lads in camouflage at the link, many with fingers carefully laid alongside their triggers, not on them. These men are clearly nothing like the enthusiastically inept attempters of jumping jacks videotaped at Afghan army boot camp. |
...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 the shadow district chief of Taliban
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for Shindand district of Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province during an operation in Keshk-e Kohna district.
According to a statement released by Special Operations Corps, the Special Forces conducted the raid in Aab Barek Village of Keshk-e Kohna district of Herat.
The statement further added that the Special Forces targeted the compound of Abdul Rauf alias Mukhlis, the shadow district of Taliban for Shindand district of Herat.
The Special Forces killed Rauf alias Khalis during the raid together with one of his bodyguards and confiscated an Ak-47 rifle, a cycle of violence, two sets of mobile phones and some other kits during the raid, the statement added.
The Taliban group has not commented regarding the operation so far.
Herat is among the relatively calm provinces in West of Afghanistan but the security situation in some of its districts has tanked during the recent years.
Talibs are active in some remote districts of the province and often conduct terrorist related activities.
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch shot Black Bart's gun out of his hand......
the Afghan forces routinely conduct counter-terrorism operations against the anti-government gangs in this province.
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Shindand district: 2019-12-16 Special Forces kill, detain 12 Taliban militants in Kabul and 3 other provinces
Shindand district: 2019-11-26 Airstrikes kill 8 Taliban and ISIS militants in 4 provinces
Shindand district: 2019-11-22 Special Forces kill, detain 13 Taliban and ISIS militants in 4 provinces
Shindand district: 2019-12-16 Special Forces kill, detain 12 Taliban militants in Kabul and 3 other provinces
Shindand district: 2019-11-26 Airstrikes kill 8 Taliban and ISIS militants in 4 provinces
Shindand district: 2019-11-22 Special Forces kill, detain 13 Taliban and ISIS militants in 4 provinces