Afghan Commando Training

Some Afghan National Army units are better than others. This is true of almost all armies; there are the general "run of the mill' units and then there are the "special operators". The "special" units have a stricter selection criteria, more physical demands, and a higher expectation of intelligence (or education - in Afghanistan this means literacy). In the Afghan National Army you will find the better units with the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC). There are two special operations brigades and nine special operations kandaks (battalions). The commandos and the Afghan National Army Special Forces (ANASF) undergo intense training at Camp Moorehead and other locations in Afghanistan before assignment to one of the nine special operations kandaks.