Posted on 07/10/2018 6:19:54 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
American Special Forces Kill 170, Capture ISIS Capital in Afghanistan
During an operation in Deh Bala, an area in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, American Green Berets worked with three Afghan commando companies to combat ISIS in the region. The US military has confirmed that, during the operation, approximately 170 terrorists were killed in the ISIS capital, and the area is no longer in the hands of terrorists.
The joint US-Afghan assault took place between April and was largely completed by early June. Around 600 Green Berets took part in the operation along with their Afghan counterparts. In the end, no allied casualties were reported.
“This was one of the main green zones that did two things. One, it provided money, finance, logistics to ISIS and we’ve taken that away from them,” said Lt. Col. Josh Thiel, a representative for the US First Special Forces Group.
“Additionally, ISIS was using this as a site to prepare and move high-profile attacks on Kabul and Jalalabad.”
ISIS forces had attempted to set up a local capital in the region. US Special Forces teams, operating out of a base near Gargari, supported Afghan commandos in fighting against the terrorists, ultimately putting a halt to their efforts.
Over several days of heavy fighting in June, 167 ISIS fighters were killed, and a significant amount of equipment was secured.
The US has been heavily involved in counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan along with NATO and Afghan forces.
Militants who claimed loyalty to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), a local affiliate of the ISIS movement, originally began appearing in Nangarhar approximately four years ago.
Since that time, the group has garnered a reputation for brutality, including executions by beheading and explosion.
The Deh Bala militants were using illegal logging and talc mining to fund their operations, according to a report by the Daily Mail. They also exploited the local population to support their objectives.
“is it unusual to have that many Green Berets in one operation?”
Unusual, yes, but not unprecedented. It is a pretty big engagement. There are probably a good number of assorted support, admin, technical and command people; in addition to Green Beret Teams working within larger Afghan units. They don’t mass together 600 guys to fight like an Infantry Battalion.
Dead is good. Over 167 ISIS/Al Qaeda/Taliban dead is much better.
It did surprised me when all Those Navy Seals were put on one helicopter. That was unprecedented with disastrous results. Well maybe not unprecedented but definitely unusual.
The press tends to lump in everyone assigned to an SF unit as "Green Berets". While support personnel are vital to the completion of the mission, they are not "Green Berets", even though they are assigned to an SF unit.
Unless things have changed, the only ones authorized to wear the green beret are men who have completed the Special Forces Qualification Course, commonly referred to as the Q Course.
During my time, it was 12 SF guys to a team, if you had a full team, which was very rare. 6 teams to a company, plus company HQ, so less than 100 per company. So even if an entire Battalion was used, it would still be less than 400 actual SF qualified guys on the ground.
Once again, it's probably shoddy research on the part of the reporter.
The great raid, 1945:
133 U.S. soldiers from the 6th Ranger Battalion during the Raid at Cabanatuan.
2 US soldiers killed, 1000+ (est)
Japanese killed.
Of course. What should I expect from the cutting edge media types.
Good work. I hope none of our people were hurt.
Now this is real winning. More, please.
JoMa
There is compelling evidence that putting all those Seals together was done on purpose, to kill them.
Apparently it was the only time a National Guard pilot ever moved Seals, and their destination that day was leaked to the enemy.
All they has to do is wait.
Talk about overwhelming the enemy. Prayers for our tip of the spear.
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