John Nicholson Jr., the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan ... propaganda video showed fighters wielding M16 rifles and at least one 7.62mm FN Special Operations Forces Combat Assault ...

Over the years, the M16 turned into the carbine-length M4 and the even shorter rifles used by special ... the Romanian Army, the Spanish Marines, the Emirate Marines, and the Afghan National ...

But despite coalition and Afghan forces’ rush to tout a critical ... another propaganda video showed fighters wielding M16 rifles and at least one 7.62mm FN Special Operations Forces Combat ...

Other fighters are recorded carrying M4 and M16 assault ... of Afghanistan posted video flaunting firearms and communications equipment allegedly captured from special operations forces while ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's special forces killed two Islamic State fighters and arrested a third during an operation in the country's west on Sunday, a regional official said.

The former Afghan commandos were referred to as the “Triples”, due to their unit designations as CF 333 and ATF 444. The units were established, trained, and paid for by UK Special Forces ...

Commandos from the Afghan 'Triples' units went into hiding after the Taliban took over the country. UK Special Forces command rejected resettlement applications from more than 2,000 Afghan ...

A female Afghan special forces soldier who risked her life working in a unit that was set up, trained and paid for by the British armed forces is living in hiding after her application for ...

which required a high degree of professional military sophistication and leadership," qualities that the Afghan forces did not have. The report, released Tuesday by the special inspector general ...

In the case of the Afghan special forces serving in integrated operations with British forces, however, that principle was too often left dishonoured, following the hurried allied evacuation in ...

Some British Army members who say they tried to vouch for Afghan special forces, who are now in danger of being sent back to the Taliban, were never contacted by the Ministry of Defence.