#Commando 2013 series

January 2008: The Third ANA Commando Kandak, originally from the 205th Corps, along with Coalition forces, conducted a four-day operation to disrupt insurgents activity in the volatile Tag Ab Valley of Kapisa Province January 19РІР‚вЂњ23, 2008. The combined Afghan force conducted the two-day operation without a shot being fired. During the operation, the force arrested a suspected major insurgent facilitator primarily associated with the Hizb-i-Islami Afghanistan terrorist organization and believed to have ties to the Haqqani network terrorist group, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.

#Commando 2013 series

The 9th Commando Kandak 'Cobra' - graduated on August 17, 2010, stationed with the ANA's 1st Commando Brigade.Р”В¦th Commando Kandak, performing a clearing exercise in Kabul Province.Р”Вecember 2007: The second ANA Commando Kandak, originally from the 203rd Corps, conducted a series of raids throughout the Sabari district in Afghanistan's Khowst Province, Dec.

The 8th Commando Kandak 'Lamer & Sun' - graduated on May 6, 2011, stationed with the ANA's 1st Commando Brigade.

The 7th Commando Kandak - graduated on January 21, 2010, stationed with the 215th 'Maiwand' (Battle) Corps of the ANA.

The 6th Commando Kandak - graduated in May 2009, stationed with the 1st Commando Brigade of the ANA.

The 5th Commando Kandak - graduated in October 2008 - stationed with the 1st Brigade (Meymanah) of the 209th 'Shaheen' (Falcon) Corps of the ANA.

The 4th Commando Kandak - graduated on stationed with the 1st Brigade (Herat) of the 207th 'Zafar' (Victory) Corps of the ANA.

The 3rd Commando Kandak - graduated on Janustationed with the 1st Brigade (Kandahar) of the 205th 'Atal' (Hero) Corps of the ANA.

The 2nd Commando Kandak - graduated on Octostationed with the 3rd Brigade (Gardez) of the 203rd 'Tandar' (Thunder) Corps of the Afghan National Army.

The 1st Commando Kandak (Battalion) - graduated on Jstationed with the 201st 'Selab' (Flood) Corps of the Afghan National Army.

Members of the 201st Commando Kandak prior to a mission in 2008 3rd Special Forces Group and 7th Special Forces Group rotated responsibility to train and advise in Afghanistan. Army Special Forces A-Team, and began going through an 18-week cycle: six weeks each of train-up, missions and recovery. Upon graduation, each Commando Kandak returned to its designated corps area along with an embedded U.S. The first Commando Kandak graduated on July 24, 2007, with Col.

The unit recruits from all over Afghanistan from various Afghan Army units, taking in prospective Pashtuns, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek and Turkmen to prevent forms of tribal allegiance and bias.

The third section focused on the kandak staff, and their command and control functions. To support the fighting companies, the Headquarters and Headquarters Toli received other training such as in mortars, medical care, and communications. The primary and bulk of the training was geared for the infantry toli (company), with a focus on individual skills and small unit tactics. The 12-week course ran three separate training programmes for different parts of the nascent unit at the same time. The camp was reported as being in either Wardak Province or Kabul Province. Training was conducted at the Morehead Commando Training Center ( Rish Khor camp), a former Taliban training compound located ten kilometres (six miles) south of Kabul.

Each battalion was assigned to one of the six regional corps. The program was established in early 2007 with the intent of taking one conventional infantry kandak ( battalion) from each of the regional ANA corps, giving them special training and equipment, and reorganizing based on the United States Army Rangers.

The first Commando battalion was formed from existing Infantry battalions.