DOD Preps Pakistani Commandoes for Nighttime Raids Against Taliban

By Sebastian Sprenger / July 15, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Defense Department officials earlier this year began supplying military equipment to Pakistani special operations companies destined to conduct helicopter-supported raids against Taliban forces under the cover of night, according to a recent report sponsored by the Pentagon. By May of this year, DOD officials had almost completed the shipment of nearly $14 million worth of equipment to the Doha, Qatar-based headquarters of the Special Operations component command of U.S. Central Command, according to a May 2008 study by the Center...

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