The tactics and gear utilized by the so-called Red Unit sent a wave of anxiety through U.S. and Afghan defense officials already struggling to beat back the rising tide of a Taliban resurgence ...

The group's commander called them the most "disciplined, well-trained and effective" unit in ... t see the Green Berets' strobes, they mistook their muzzle flashes for the Taliban.

Former Green Beret charged ... part of a Special Forces unit. It was during that deployment that Golsteyn is alleged to have killed a man suspected of having been a Taliban bomb maker responsible ...

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 ...

The commandos belong to an elite Taliban task force dubbed the “Red Unit,” which Afghan authorities say is better outfitted than most government units, including the ones they targeted this week.

But a Green Beret team wanted to talk to 60 Minutes to honor the men they lost when they were ambushed by hundreds of Taliban fighters ... team believes their whole unit would have been killed ...

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 Green Berets recount ... driving back Taliban attacks and U.S. aircraft periodically attacking enemy positions. There were many heroes that day whose courage prevented the unit from being ...

Known as "Sara Kheta" -- Red Unit or Danger Unit in Pashto -- it is said to be the Taliban's elite special-forces group. Unlike regular Taliban fighters, analysts say the outfit is better trained ...

‘Green Berets’ is not the real term of the unit, just a nickname because of ... the Northern Alliance coalition that ousted the Taliban government. Iraq: During Operation Iraqi Freedom ...