See Austin Long et al., Locals Rule: Historical Lessons for Creating Local Defense Forces for Afghanistan and Beyond (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2012). Austin Long et al., "Building Special Operations ...

The Triples - so-called because their designations were CF 333 and ATF 444 - were set up, trained, and paid by UK Special Forces and supported the SAS and SBS on operations in Afghanistan.

America's special operations forces (SOF) are in high demand and ... Some of the more egregious allegations against SOF include murder in Afghanistan, war crimes in Iraq, cocaine smuggling from ...

Note the wording. This is not a comprehensive history of the war in Afghanistan and does not pretend to be. Nor is it a complete account the role of America s special operations forces in the war, ...

Maholic, who was killed in action 24 June 2006 in the Kandahar Province, near Ghecko, Afghanistan when he was fatally ... Refer to U.S. Army Field Manual 3-18, Special Forces Operations, dated 28 May ...

A career special operations ... 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, also known as Delta Force, and eventually commanded a Delta troop in Iraq and a Delta squadron in Afghanistan ...

to support the main special forces units—the SAS (Special Air Services) and the SBS (Special Boat Services) on operations in Afghanistan. Under the rule of the Taliban some are already feared ...

According to one estimate, ISIS-K carried out seventy-six attacks on Taliban forces between ... prevent the reemergence of Afghanistan as a base for terrorist operations against the U.S. homeland ...

The Triples - so-called because their designations were CF 333 and ATF 444 - were set up, trained, and paid by UK Special Forces and supported the SAS and SBS on operations in Afghanistan.