Combat Advising the ANA Commando Kandaks

A Special Forces Warrant Officer has posted a paper on the Small Wars Journal that he wrote about his tour of duty combat advising the 205th ANA Commando Kandak.  He provides his thoughts on some of the obstacles his detachment faced and how they overcame them.  One of the detachments first tasks was to define their role to the many other military organizations that were present to "help" train the Commando Kandak.

Read "Combat Advising the ANA 205th Commandos", posted on the Small Wars Journal, December 27, 2010.

8th Commando Kandak Avenge Death of Seven Afghan National Police in Khas Uruzgan

The 8th Commando Kandak in conjunction with U.S. Special Forces and air support were successful in the location and subsequent death of a Taliban leader who had earlier caused the death of seven Afghan National Police in Khas Uruzgan.  Read more on this operation at the link below:

http://www.dvidshub.net/news/60585/forces-kill-taliban-leader-responsible-7-afghan-police-deaths

Afghan COIN Academy Briefing by 1st Commando Brigade G3

"CAMP MOREHEAD, Afghanistan - The Afghan Commando Brigade was represented by one of their own at the Counterinsurgency Training Center-Afghanistan, also known as the COIN Academy, Nov. 6 at Camp Julien in Kabul, Afghanistan.  Afghan Col. Bismellah Wazari, 1st Commando Brigade G3, briefed a wide range of attendees, from multiple countries, on the progress Afghan National Army Commandos and ANA Special Forces are making and how."  Read the rest of the article in "Commandos, ANASF represented at COIN Academy", DVIDS, November 13, 2010.

Afghan 6th Commando Kandak Assists with Election Security

Usually Afghanistan's 6th Commando Kandak is pursuing the Taliban or conducting raids.  During the past election they assisted with the recovery of election ballot boxes in Chak District, Wardak Province.  Read the story in "Afghanistan Elections: A look behind the scenes", DVIDS News, September 29, 2010.