ANA Commando Brigade

Afghan National Army Commando Corps
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Founded	24 July 2007 (10 years, 7 months)
Country	Afghanistan
Branch	Afghan National Army
Type	Special operations force
Role	Counter Terrorism Reconnaissance
Size	21,000 commandos (2017)
Part of	ANA Special Operations Command
Headquarters	Camp Morehead, Wardak Province, Afghanistan
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The Afghan National Army Commando Corps (formerly ANA Commando Brigade; ANA Commando Battalion) is an elite special operations commando force of Afghan National Army. The Commando Corps was formed from existing Infantry battalions. The program was established in early 2007 with the intent of taking one conventional infantry kandak (battalion) from each of the regional ANA corps, giving them special training and equipment, and reorganizing based on the United States Army Rangers. Each battalion is assigned to one of the six regional corps, with the Commando Corps being the seventh military corps. The commandos comprise 7% of the Afghan National Security Forces but conduct 70% to 80% of the fighting.

In August 2017, General John W. Nicholson Jr., the commander of the Resolute Support Mission, said: "The [commandos] have never lost a battle...The Taliban have never won against the commandos...They never will."

The training is conducted at the Morehead Commando Training Center, a former Taliban training compound located six miles south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The training center is named after United States Army 5th Special Forces Group soldier Master Sergeant Kevin Morehead, who was killed in Iraq in September 2003.

The training of supply, logistics and operations has been conducted by mentors from Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, United States Special Operations Forces, French Special Forces, and ANA Commando cadre.

The 12-week program has three concurrent training sections for the entire course. The primary and bulk of the training is geared for the infantry toli (company) with a focus on individual skills and small unit tactics. To support the line companies, the Headquarters and Headquarters Toli receives special training in specific skills such as mortars, medical care, and communications. The third section focuses on the kandak staff, their core areas of responsibility and function as the Command and Control (C2).