Story by Chief Petty Officer Bill Mesta | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 07.19.2012
Afghan National Security Forces soldiers attached to the 8th Commando Kandak partnered with coalition forces to destroy an anti-personnel mine cache near the village of Sajawul, Tarin Kowt district, July 19....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Dillon | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 04.04.2012
Combined forces killed 23 insurgents during a clearing operation in Nawa Garay and Mushtarak villages, Kajran district, April 3-4....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Dillon | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 12.20.2011
Afghan National Army commandos from the 8th Commando Kandak and coalition special operations forces conducted a clearing operation, followed by a medical outreach for the villagers of the Faiz Abad Horn in Nawa district Dec. 13-18....
Story by Spc. Ashley Bowman | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 10.02.2011
Members of the 8th Kandak, Afghan National Army commandos partnered with coalition special operations forces to conduct a two-day clearing operation in the Nawa district, which began, Oct 2....
Courtesy Story | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 03.09.2011
The Afghan National Army 8th Commando Kandak assisted in the transport, delivery, and planting of 1,200 almond saplings March 2 provided by a Coalition civil affairs team to the Oruzgan Provincial Director of Education to enhance the landscape at Tarin Kowt area schools....
Story by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyce | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 02.13.2011
The Afghan 8th Commando Kandak, combat advised by U.S. Special Forces, killed five insurgents and wounded two during operations in the Kajaki district, Helmand province, Feb. 13....
Courtesy Story | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 11.20.2010
Soldiers from the 8th Commando Kandak and U.S. Special Forces killed a Taliban leader directly responsible for the deaths of seven Afghan National Police members earlier this month in Khas Uruzgan Nov. 20....
Courtesy Story | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 08.24.2010
Soldiers from the Afghan National Army’s 2nd Company, 8th Commando Kandak, received the Combat Action Badge Aug. 24 for their actions in the unit’s first combat operation since completing their extensive training....
