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2. Canadian Special Air Service Company - Wikipedia

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   However, once officially sanctioned, the SAS was assigned the functions of being initially a parachute company but able to be the cadre of up to three parachute battalions, provide demonstrations of their capabilities throughout the nation, and "preserve and advance the techniques of SAS (Commando) operations developed during World War II". [2]

3. Operation Trent - Wikipedia

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   After political intersession with Prime minister Tony Blair, the SAS were given a direct-action task – the destruction of an al-Qaeda-linked opium processing plant.The facility was located 190 mi (300 km) southwest of Kandahar at the foot of the 5,900 ft (1,800 m) Koh-I-Malik mountain, 12 mi (20 km) north of the Pakistan border, the facility was made up of a system of houses, compounds and ...

4. List of SAS operations - Wikipedia

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   The SAS were tasked with assaulting 2 of the dwellings whilst Delta Force assaulted another 2 dwellings; both of Delta's and one of the SAS's target buildings were cleared without incident, but as the SAS assaulted their final dwelling the assault team were wounded by a hail of fire and an RPG-7 rocket, they returned fire and withdrew from the ...

5. Canada in the War in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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   Canada helped clear about one third of the estimated 10 to 15 million mines in Afghanistan. [14] Canada lent money to over 140,000 people in Afghanistan. [14] Canada helped train the Afghan police and army. [14] [50] Since December 2001, Canada was an active participant in the civilian-led United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

6. Task Force K-Bar - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. SAS unit ‘killed detainees and unarmed men in Afghanistan’

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   A Panorama investigation reportedly uncovered 54 suspicious killings carried out by one British SAS unit on a six-month tour. SAS unit ‘killed detainees and unarmed men in Afghanistan’ Skip to ...