U.S. special operations forces tasked with training the nascent Afghan military will help create new indigenous special forces units that will eventually become the backbone of the country's counterinsurgency and irregular warfare operations, according to a senior Pentagon official. "I would expect to see at least a couple of SOF brigades in the end structure," the official told Inside the Pentagon on condition of anonymity. "They may not be identical . . . [but] most other countries do this kind...
