List of military operations in the war in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
WEBCounterinsurgency: The largest military offensive ever launched by NATO troops in Afghanistan to clear the city of Taliban militants and drug traffickers eliminating the last Taliban stronghold in Helmand. It involved US Marine units and Afghan troops along with the US Special Forces and other ISAF members: Operation Mountain Blizzard: January 2004
Story of First Special Ops Mission in Afghanistan After 9/11 …
WEBNov 18, 2020 · Courtesy photo. Just a few weeks after the September 11 attacks, US special operators went deep behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. The US Army's Rangers, Delta Force, and 160th Special...
First to go: Green Berets remember earliest mission in Afghanistan ...
WEBFeb 8, 2017 · Starting Oct. 19, 2001, 12-man Special Forces detachments from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command's 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) began arriving in Afghani... (Photo...
ANA Special Operations Command - Wikipedia
WEBBy 2021, there were at least two special operations brigades (1st, 2nd). At the beginning of January 2021, the Afghan special operations were losing roughly 1,200 people a month, said Lieutenant Colonel Matthew A. Chaney, the commander of 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group at the time.
US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save …
WEBAug 27, 2021 · Courtesy Capt. Zac Lois. Two months ago, this commando told ABC News he had narrowly escaped a tiny outpost in northern Afghanistan that was later overrun while awaiting his U.S. special immigrant visa to be approved.
What SOCOM Learned in Afghanistan Means for Future Fights
WEBDec 10, 2021 · The end of the war in Afghanistan closes a chapter for US special-operations forces. Like the rest of the US military, those operators are shifting to an era of great-power competition....
Years of War on Terror Took Heavy Toll, US Special Operators Say
WEBOct 14, 2021 · Military & Defense. 20 years of fighting terrorism took a heavy toll but has helped prepare for a bigger fight, US special operators say. Stavros Atlamazoglou. Oct 14, 2021, 5:39 AM PDT. US...
US special operations forces race to save former Afghan …
WEBAug 22, 2021 · Current and former U.S. military special operations and intelligence community operatives are using their own networks of contacts to get elite Afghan soldiers, intelligence assets and interpreters to safety as they've become increasingly disillusioned and fed up with the U.S. government-led evacuation effort in Kabul, ABC News has learned.
A look at Special Forces in Afghanistan - YouTube
WEBApr 5, 2013 · CNN's Anna Coren goes on patrol with U.S. Special Forces as the Afghan president decides whether they should stay.
How the ‘Horse Soldiers’ helped liberate Afghanistan from the …
WEBBy Diana Stancy. Oct 18, 2019. Then-Capt. Mark Nutsch led the 5th Special Forces Group's Operation Detachment Alpha 595. The team rode horses as they worked with militia allies to liberate...
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