Rubbles of destroyed civilian houses just off the main road in Shewan, Bolo Bluk district, Farah province. Afghan Commandos claimed that the houses were destroyed in fighting or by the government after residents had fled and insurgents had used the houses as firing positions to attack nearby government outposts. Afghanistan’s elite military forces – the Commandos and the Special Forces are one of the key elements in the Afghan and strategy to turn the grinding fight against the Taliban and other insurgents around. These pictures show the Commandos and Special Forces during training and in


Rubbles of destroyed civilian houses just off the main road in Shewan, Bolo Bluk district, Farah province. Afghan Commandos claimed that the houses were destroyed in fighting or by the government after residents had fled and insurgents had used the houses as firing positions to attack nearby government outposts. Afghanistan’s elite military forces – the Commandos and the Special Forces are one of the key elements in the Afghan and strategy to turn the grinding fight against the Taliban and other insurgents around. These pictures show the Commandos and Special Forces during training and in the field; also right before and after an operation in the restive western Afghan province of Farah.


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