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Posted on 09/14/2007 5:23:51 PM PDT by SandRat
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2007 – A new battalion of Afghan National Army commandos today completed it first operation, capturing a well-known Taliban facilitator and two suspected Taliban extremists.
Working with a contingent of Afghan national police advised by coalition forces, the commandos led a two-day mission 30 miles southwest of Jalalabad in the Sherzad district of Nangahar province. During the mission, the commandos captured and detained Haji Shir Khan, a known improvised explosive device maker, who is responsible for numerous IED attacks on Afghan and coalition forces in the province.
The assault force also found two weapons caches that contained 18 rocket-propelled-grenade rounds, an anti-tank mine, 10 hand grenades, a 12-gauge shotgun, eight fully-loaded AK-47 magazines, and more than 80 kilograms of opium.
“The commandos represent a bright future for the Afghan national security forces, and it’s no surprise after all of their training that they were successful in today’s mission,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force 82 spokesman. “Operations such as this one demonstrate that the (Afghan National Police), and now the commandos, are authority figures to the residents of Nangahar and can rapidly conduct synchronized missions against the enemies of peace and stability.“
In separate actions today:
-- In Ghazni province, Afghan and coalition forces killed several suspected militants and detained another.
-- Several suspected militants were killed and two others were detained during an operation in Helmand province. The detainees include a suspected militant who was wounded during the course of operations and evacuated for further medical attention. Soldiers found opium, several AK-47s, numerous full ammunition vests, a machine gun and several rocket-propelled grenades during the operation.
(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 82 news releases.)
FR WAR NEWS! Bump...lots of great news recently. Only yesterday, 45 Taliban terrorists went to meet Helen Thomas look alikes in the Mohammadean “heaven.”
oh oh hahahaha that Taliban is gonna talk like a purdy bird. lmao
I read this to mean the commandos were the leadership on this mission. Nice work.
Sweet.
it’s beautiful. same thing in ‘nam. but we let the politicians fight that one and all went to hell.
Shoot a fella could have a pretty good time in Vegas with all that stuff...
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It was their show from start to finish.
This may be irrelevant to the thread but it’s something I’ve wondered about from time to time over the years. Before the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, we were told in both cases how fiercely the locals would fight us and, especially in the Afghans’ case, what seasoned warriors they were, how they beat the British and the Russians and Alexander the Great and so on. My question is, why is it taking so long to train these natural warriors and get them up and running against the enemy? I confess I have trouble understanding this.
SandRat, thanks again for your wonderful posts.
I sense that there is a possibility for change in this part of the world...coming from the results realized by the efforts of the armed forces of the good guys. I think it may be happening.
Changing barbarian hordes into a real Organized Professional Army takes time
Very good to hear.
“My question is, why is it taking so long to train these natural warriors and get them up and running against the enemy?”
Because warriors always lose out to soldiers.
Warrior is just the first rung on the ladder. It is not enough to be fierce. You have to be fierce when it is time to be fierce. You have to be disciplined enough not to shoot before it is time to shoot, and to refrain from individual heroics when it can cost you the battle, despite the glory you gain.
(And the Afghans did not beat Alexander. In the end, he co-opted them.)
Thumbs up!!
Hey, big guy. I saw you on another thread!
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