Elite Afghan Troops Left To Die On The Battlefield Against The Taliban After Army Reinforcements Failed To Show-Up
Maj. Sohrab Azimi, a U.S.-trained Afghan commando, looks over a valley in Kapisa province in Afghanistan on March 6, 2021. Azimi was one of at least 21 Afghan special forces troops who were killed in an operation in Faryab province on June 16, 2021. (J.P. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes)
Military.com/Stars and Stripes: Elite Afghan Troops Were Left to Die in Battle With Taliban, Officials Say
KABUL, Afghanistan -- At least 21 members of Afghanistan's special forces died fighting the Taliban last week after Afghan reinforcements failed to show up when the commandos were surrounded by the enemy and pounded by mortar fire, military and government officials said.
Most of the 170 troops who were supposed to back up the elite fighters during a battle in the northern town of Dawlat Abad stayed put out of fear that the operation had been leaked to the Taliban, an Afghan military official with knowledge of the operation said.
"The army did not come, police did not come, NDS did not come," said the official, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
NDS is the acronym for the country's intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security. "The other forces betrayed the commandos," he said.
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Update #1: Taliban Advances Test Afghan Forces’ Morale as the U.S. Leaves (WSJ)
Update #2: Taliban take key Afghan district, adding to string of wins (Washington Post)
WNU Editor: If major elements of the Afghan army are unwilling to fight, this war is going to end very soon, and very badly for the Afghan government and people.
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