Elite Afghan Troops Were Left to Die in Battle With Taliban, Officials Say

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Elite Afghan Troops Were Left to Die in Battle With Taliban, Officials Say
 
21 Jun 2021
Stars and Stripes | By J.P. Lawrence

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.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/21/elite-afghan-troops-were-left-die-battle-taliban-officials-say.html

[rangerrebew]

Those woke military generals who said Afghanistan was capable of defending itself must have been referring to some other Afghanistan military.

[Fishrrman]

Everyone knows what's going to happen to the Afghan military once we leave.

They've ALWAYS known this, from the beginning.