Story by Master Sgt. Felix Figueroa | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 10.18.2018
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan added 735 new Commandos to its fighting force during a graduation ceremony at the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC) School of Excellence near Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 16, 2018....
Story by Master Sgt. Felix Figueroa | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 10.10.2018
KABUL, Afghanistan- The 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Honorable Paul Ryan and the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, William Thornberry, visited the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command’s School of Excellence, near Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2018....
Story by Martha Schaeffer | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 10.09.2018
LOGAR, Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s General Command of Police Special Units Commando Force (CF) 333 rededicated a female dormitory at a ceremony in Logar province, Oct. 9, 2018....
Story by Lt. Amy Forsythe | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 07.23.2018
Afghan commandos, advised by U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers assigned to NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, captured a major Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) stronghold in eastern Afghanistan in June 2018, effectively depriving the terror group of its local capital in one of the largest joint operations ever conducted between U.S. and Afghan Special Operations Forces....
Story by Bob Ditchey | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 07.16.2018
Lt. Gen. Bismillah Waziri, Commander of the Afghan National Army Special Operations Corps answered questions about ANASOC readiness and training during a live talk show with Radio Bayan, Jul. 16, 2018....
Story by Max Blumenfeld | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 06.24.2018
Transcript - June 24, 2018: Radio Bayan FM 88.5 FM in Kabul, Afghanistan (Translated from Dari) Col Mohammad Dawood Sakhi, Afghan Air Force helicopter pilot and 777 Special Mission Wing Operations Officer answered questions from the public regarding SMW operations during a live radio talk show, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 24, 2018....
Story by Martha Schaeffer | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 05.23.2018
Members of the Female Tactical Platoon, a small, elite unit of the Afghan Special Security Forces, undergo a physical assessment test called a Ktah Khas Physical Assessment Test (KPAT), near Kabul, Afghanistan, May 13. The Ktah Khas Physical Assessment Test is conducted twice a year in full protective gear....
Story by Capt. Scott Newman | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 05.19.2018
Afghan Special Operations Forces (SOF), supported by U.S. advisors, eliminated senior ISIS-K facilitator Yasir during a nighttime air assault raid in Mohmand Darah district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, May 9. The raid was part of the Afghan and U.S. Special Operations Forces persistent offensive operations to deny ISIS-K their stated goal of a caliphate in southeastern Nangarhar....
