Afghan commandos from the Afghan National Army stand in attention during a graduation ceremony in Kabul, March 30, 2011. Reuters
Task & Purpose: ‘I Have Already Killed Many Taliban,’ Afghan Commando Reflects On Fighting For 12 Years
Editor’s note: This is a dispatch by T&P correspondent Marty Skovlund Jr. who is reporting on the ground from Afghanistan.
“My first advice for the Taliban is to come back to the straight path,” said Ehsanullah Akr as he squinted into the bright afternoon sun, echoing the same “reintegrate or die” mantra I’ve heard many Afghan soldiers say when asked about the enemy. Akr doesn’t know how old he is, but he does know he’s been fighting the Taliban for 12 years as a commando “in almost every province of Afghanistan.” Despite a bullet wound to the shoulder he sustained during a fierce battle in the mountains, he continues to wear the commandos’ distinctive maroon beret.
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WNU Editor: Fighting a war for 12 years ....he is definitely a survivor.