Ostatni Amerykanie walczący w Afganistanie - VU Images

Afghanistan, Nangarhar Province, Takhto Valley, 26 July 2018 During a break for rest while a U.S. Army Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) team, Afghan National Army Special Forces (ANASF) Captain Abdul Wasai, one of the two accompanying ANASF commanders from a counterpart team, was wounded when the AK-47 of a member of the National Mine Reduction Group (NMRG), who also accompany the ODA on missions, to sweep for mines, was accidentally fired, as the group sat under the shade of a tree on a river bank in the Takhto Valley, in Nangarhar Province's Achin District. Meanwhile, the Afghan Special Forces team itself, and an Afghan Commando team, each pushed on ahead of the Americans, one on each side of the valley, while the Americans proceeded up the river-bed slightly in the rear, as per the current "Afghan-led" arrangement between the two countries' forces. Whereas, once upon a times, U.S. ODAs operated alone, without having to work directly with the fledgling Afghan National Security Forces, nowadays, mentoring is an integral part of their mission. The team sergeant, found the coordination aspect frustrating, saying that "it's not like it was back in the day, before the whole 'Afghan-face' thing," referring to the policy of having Afghan's being at the head of such combat missions. Afghanistan, Province de Nangarhar, Vallйe de Takhto, 26 juillet 2018 Au cours d'une pause lors d'une opйration de l'йquipe du Dйtachement Opйrationnel Alpha (ODA), le capitaine Abdul Wasai, l'un des deux commandants des forces spйciales de l'Armйe Afghane qui accompagne l'ODA, a йtй blessй par un tir accidentel. Le groupe йtait assis а l'ombre d'un arbre sur une berge de la vallйe du Takhto, dans le district Achin de la province de Nangarhar. Les unitйs afghanes avancent devant les Amйricains, conformйment а l'arrangement actuel entre les forces des deux pays qui veut que les opйrations soient "dirigйes par les Afghans". Avant, les ODA amйricaines opйraient seules, sans avoir а travailler