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Heliborne training (2000 ILA Berlin Air Show). The Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) (English: Special Operations Forces (SOF), [1] [3] alternatively Special Operations Forces Command (SOFCOM) [4]) is a unified combatant command and a large brigade-level unit of the German Army (Heer) for black operation, capture or kill high-value targets, counterterrorism and hostage rescue crisis management ...
While supporting an Afghan operation against insurgents, German KSK special forces were attacked in Baghlan Province. One soldier was killed, another one was injured. According to the German minister of defence, Thomas de Maizière, this was the first KSK member that died in Afghan. [36] 1 KIA, 1 WIA: 2013-06-06 Camp Marmal, Mazar-e-Sharif Non ...
The task force comprised approximately 2,800 troops, 1,300 operating in Afghanistan and another 1,500 based throughout the theater of operations. [ 9 ] In a recent book released in Norwegian about the special forces of Norway , US admiral Robert Harward praised the Norwegian contributions; " I can attest to the fact that the Norwegian special ...
The P12 is used by the KSK. Heckler & Koch P30. Heckler & Koch P30 Germany: Semi-automatic pistol: 9×19mm Parabellum [7] The P30 replaces the P7 in the personal protection forces of the Feldjäger troop and serves as the standard pistol in the KSK command. Heckler & Koch P11. Heckler & Koch P11 Germany: Underwater pistol: 7.62×36mm [8]
Operation Karez was a military operation between May 13–23, 2008 involving Norwegian and German ISAF and Afghan government forces against the Taliban as part of the war in Afghanistan. Their objective was to eliminate the presence of Taliban insurgents who had regrouped in the area in the aftermath of Operation Harekate Yolo in late 2007.
The Battle of Tora Bora was a military engagement that took place in the cave complex of Tora Bora, eastern Afghanistan, from November 30 – December 17, 2001, during the final stages of the United States invasion of Afghanistan.
From May 1996, Osama bin Laden had been living in Afghanistan along with other members of al-Qaeda, operating terrorist training camps in a loose alliance with the Taliban. [1] Following the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa, the US military launched cruise missiles at these camps with limited effect on their overall operations.
German and Afghan troops advance into hostile territory. The following addresses the events in Northern Afghanistan between April 2009 and 2014. While this part of the country had long been relatively peaceful compared to the all-out war zones of the south and east, tensions would flare up again in 2008 when the German soldiers deployed to the area came under attack more often, leading to the ...