U.S. Touts Afghanistan Special-Operations Raids in Rare Detail
- Taliban and Haqqani deaths cited as special operations expand
- Pentagon reveals 2,175 ground operations in biannual report
U.S. soldiers sits in the rear of Chinook helicopter while flying over Kabul.
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The Pentagon has disclosed the extent of raids by U.S. special operations forces in Afghanistan for the first time in years, as the Trump administration boasts of a more aggressive effort against militant groups including the Taliban, the Haqqani network and Islamic State.
From June 1 through through Nov. 24, personnel from the U.S. Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan conducted 2,175 ground operations “in which they enabled or advised” Afghanistan’s own commando forces, according to the Pentagon’s biannual status report to Congress.