Afganistan Military

[CocaCola5]

It will be interesting how the military use the SF. I still think even a small group of "Mughideen" would be beyong the normal capabilities of SF, which aren't designed to exchange fire for durations before they pull-out, and considering the terrain it will be hard. Training Northern Afgan fighters to fight with SF is not realistic, the SF will not accept it.

 

[MadRat]

Any non-orthodox unit is considered "Special Forces". The label really doesn't mean much except to the hollywood cretins. Specific units of the US Army have been adapted for each potential theatre of war.

 

[LocutusX]

To satisfy those with a thirst for info... although I'll certainly not vouch for the quality of the data, you can determine that for yourself.

Info about Northern Alliance:

link 1

link 2

link 3

Info about Taleban:

link 4

page with links to more info


excerpt from link 2, about the Taleban:

"They took former President Najibullah and his brother from a UN compound where they had taken refuge since the fall of his Soviet-backed governmentin April 1992, beat them severely and then hanged them from lamposts in the city center. As of the beginning of June 1997, the Taleban effectively controled two-thirds of the country."