US and Allied Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan, 2009–21 by John Parkinson

US and Allied Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan, 2009–21 by John ParkinsonAn illustrated study of the development and operations of coalition and Afghan Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan from 2009 until the withdrawal in 2021. At the end of 2008, the clearly inadequate strength of the coalitions International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan prompted the US and NATO to deploy troops in numbers that could not be sustained long term. This shortfall was overcome in 2009, when a newly created Special

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