After a fierce battle to hold the town, the commandos had run out of ammunition and were surrounded by the Taliban fighters, witnesses said. In one video, about 45 seconds long, a bystander can be ...

The Taliban killed 22 Afghan commandos attempting to surrender in June, according to footage and multiple witnesses. Taliban forces shot the members of an Afghan Special Forces Unit on June 16 in ...

Taliban commandos equipped with night-vision goggles and American-made M4 assault rifles carried out a string of devastating attacks in southern and western Afghanistan over a 36-hour period on ...

These commandos formed the tip of the army’s spear in the fight against the Taliban and other insurgents in the final years of the U.S. military’s involvement in Afghanistan, a role that only ...

Of the many Afghans still stranded, the commandos are near the top of the Taliban's most wanted list, according to Mann. The group, trained by U.S. Special Forces, did nearly all the fighting from ...

The former commando said many of his fellow soldiers ... and noted their failures in defending Afghanistan against the Taliban. "They are trained, but they are absolutely not motivated," Danilov ...