Afghan forces are sustaining heavy losses. CNN has obtained another video showing the bodies of commandos killed by the Taliban in another part of Faryab province last week. One of those killed in ...

The Taliban shot 22 Afghan commandos on Tuesday in the northern province of Faryab, the Afghan Ministry of Defense confirmed to Fox News. The Special Force members' ammunition ran out as they ...

A Taliban spokesman said they were still holding 24 commandos who had been captured in Faryab province but provided no evidence. The Afghan Ministry of Defense denied the Taliban was holding the ...

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The two men connected in Iran as part of a community of former Afghan commandos. By then, Mr. Andarabi’s once-warm demeanor was gone — a casualty of the Taliban takeover, his friends in Iran said.

While conventional Afghan military and police units have often struggled with the Taliban in combat, the commandos are generally seen as more prestigious and effective on the battlefield.

We have documented dozens of cases of Afghan commandos who served in these units who have been tortured or murdered after Britain abandoned them to the Taliban. Their rejection is thought to be in ...

Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside U.S. troops and then fled to Iran after the chaotic Western withdrawal last year are now being recruited by the Russian military to fight in ...