But several hours later, a much larger Taliban force attacked the elite force from all sides, killing at least 24 commandos and five police officers. Several troops are wounded and missing ...

The elite Badri 313 special unit ... for a number of military transport operations including special forces operations. If the Taliban can get them off the ground, imagine what this means for ...

He and others hope to persuade Taliban leaders to return to peace ... The fighting has fallen largely to small groups of elite forces and the Afghan air force. Internally displaced Afghans from ...

It appeared to mimic U.S. special forces and is the result of the Taliban creating their own elite division, one acknowledged by Afghan officials: the "Red Unit." The unit cannot be compared to ...

The former school now serves as the new base of the Taliban’s elite special forces unit known as Badri or the “Badri Command.” But it is not only home to the hardest of hard fighters ...

While security forces appear to be their prime target ... an informal credit system common in the Islamic world. A Taliban elite unit patrols the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 20, 2021.

The Taliban has been gaining ground in Afghanistan ... Afghan soldiers have been training and putting on a show of force. The elite Afghan troops have been staging military exercises, with weapons ...

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Reduced U.S. military support in battles against the Taliban is frustrating efforts by Afghanistan's elite forces to roll back the militants' advances here ...

The elite special forces unit, known as the KKA or Afghan ... night raids against specific targets such as suspected Taliban commanders, weapons depots or supply chains. These are the fighters ...

Taliban special forces trainer Ammar Ibn Yasir prays with members of the “Red Unit.” There has been no slowdown in the Taliban’s propaganda, as two of the group’s top spokesmen continue to take to ...

Ghani wanted the Afghan military to be able to carry out more offensive operations against the Taliban beginning this year and for Afghan forces “to cover the preponderance of the population by ...

A special unit of Taliban militants ambushed a convoy of Afghan security forces on Tuesday evening, killing as many as 34 even as the insurgent group holds peace talks with the Kabul government to ...