Story by Staff Sgt. Opal Vaughn | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 09.26.2013
Musahi district leaders donated more than 300 backpacks, notebooks and other supplies Sept. 21 in the Qeshiaq and Sanginustad villages in Kabul province....
Story by Staff Sgt. Opal Vaughn | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 09.21.2013
Afghan commandos from the 6th Special Operations Kandak thwarted an insurgent attack and prevented the emplacement of a car bomb Sept. 19 in Kabul province’s Sayadabad district....
Story by Staff Sgt. Opal Vaughn | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 09.21.2013
In the distance, white puffs of smoke rise in the morning sky over Ganjigal, a quiet valley tucked away in the vast mountains of Sarkani district. The southern mountain peaks are a seemingly perfect vantage point for insurgent fighters to attack....
Story by Staff Sgt. Osvaldo Equite | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 09.21.2013
Silence filled the Afghan cultural center as U.S. and Afghan service members honored one of their own.
Story by Staff Sgt. Opal Vaughn | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 09.21.2013
Afghan commandos detained four insurgents and discovered weapons Sept. 20 during a clearing operation in Wardak province’s Sayed Abad District to reduce insurgent attacks in Baghak village along Highway 1....
Story by Staff Sgt. Osvaldo Equite | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 09.18.2013
U.S. forces transitioned their last remaining Village Stability Platform in Helmand to Afghan forces Sept.15 in Nahr-e Saraj district....
Story by Staff Sgt. Brandon McIntosh | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 09.16.2013
Afghan National Army special forces and commandos from the 3rd Special Operations Kandak withstood an attack by an estimated 90 Taliban fighters, killing more than 60 Sept. 12 in Kandahar province’s Mya Neshin district....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Leslie Long | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 09.16.2013
Afghan commandos with the 8th Special Operations Kandak saved a young boy after Taliban gunmen shot him Sept. 14 in Kandahar province’s Mya Neshin district....